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Ruth: The Skeptic and The Saint

April 22, 2025

Ruth: The Skeptic and The Saint

While there are all manner of obstacles, disappointments and sorrows along the way, the end is redemption for each of the three.

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May 24, 2023

Farewell

Some are brief and some interminable. Some are inspiring and others dispiriting.

May 17, 2023

Duet

Story alone is not enough. Story needs truth.

May 10, 2023

Jumpin' Til the Break of Dawn

There are no longer a couple of megaforces sweeping us all along. Instead, America and the world are being pulled apart by an intricate maze of choices.

May 3, 2023

Like Hair in a Biscuit

It can look anachronistic. It can look unreasonable. But I’ve witnessed the power of that kind of stubbornness.

April 26, 2023

The True Test

The true test is the extent to which the individuals composing the nation can be trusted to obey self-imposed law.

April 19, 2023

Consider The Years

It is too easy not to realize how much influence our stories have on those in the next generation and how they long to hear them.

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