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raindrop theology

Noah wishes God would stop showering. It’s been raining on and off all week. Noah wants to play outside. He wants to run and jump and yell and be carefree. But God is showering.
Nathan taught him this. When I was young, I believed raindrops were the tears of angels. There was a song my mother [...]

giving up christmas culture

Winter in America means Christmas. Target, Wal-Mart, radio, tv–all of them start preparing the consumers of this country for the holiday right around the end of October. Before Halloween is even over, stores begin constructing Christmas displays with gift suggestions, toy pyramids and the same ten Christmas songs by a multitude of old-timey and present [...]

a letter to my boys on the eve of a nation’s great change

November 5, 2008
My Dear Sons,
If I can indicate to you the significance of Barack Obama’s election as President of the United States of America in even the smallest way, I will have succeeded with this letter. You’ve seen that I’ve spent much of this day in silence and tears. Most likely you won’t remember, but [...]

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