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"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped." After two months of reading, and a trip to Gettysburg, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, here's a little of what's on my mind: The Civil War The battle for how history is told Robert E. Lee and "honor" The muddy boots …
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My blogging has dropped off for the past few months, and with the change of job (no longer employed by the Northwest Church, back to the freelance life), I'm going to officially take a vacation from blogging and other online activities for the next two-three months. I'm diving headfirst into a new play that I'm …
After over a decade of teaching an Arts and Culture class at Abilene Christian University, you'd think I'd have it figured out by now. Truth is, I'm in my annual panic. It's a bit of ritual, to emerge from the daily privilege of family, work, and more work, to raise my head and try to …
On New Year's Eve, I glanced over an email from Bill Hybels, the Senior Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church, in which he encouraged everyone to take time to count their blessings. He told the story of his own family, of their New Year's Eve tradition (if I'm getting this right) of sharing ten great …
The air is different, surprisingly so. Untethered, I wait for instructions. Czeslaw Milosz meets me each morning in his collected poems, instructing me on what it means to see. The psalmist tells me that plans come to nothing on the day we die, and that those who trust in the Lord are blessed. George MacDonald's …
JEFF BERRYMAN 