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Lent- Day 11: Burn after reading.

William Powell (JP Laffont / Sygma / Corbis)     In Harper’s there’s an interesting story about William Powell, who in 1971 at age 19, “published The Anarchist Cookbook, a guide to making bombs and drugs at home. He spent the next four decades fighting to take it out of print.” (H/T: Micah Mattix)     The…

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Lent- Day 11: Burn after reading.

William Powell (JP Laffont / Sygma / Corbis)     In Harper’s there’s an interesting story about William Powell, who in 1971 at age 19, “published The Anarchist Cookbook, a guide to making bombs and drugs at home. He spent the next four decades fighting to take it out of print.” (H/T: Micah Mattix)     The…

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Lent- Day 10: Bookends.

Our poor little Civic. 🙁       I started the week feeling frightened by my father’s declining health. I’m ending it feeling shaken by a car accident.   This afternoon, K was driving our little Civic when a guy slammed into his passenger side. The force was so hard that our car was pushed…

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Lent- Day 10: Bookends.

Our poor little Civic. 🙁       I started the week feeling frightened by my father’s declining health. I’m ending it feeling shaken by a car accident.   This afternoon, K was driving our little Civic when a guy slammed into his passenger side. The force was so hard that our car was pushed…

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Lent- Day 9: Frank Underwood doesn’t understand Jesus.

  (House of Cards, Season 3)        Don’t worry, Frankie-boy, I don’t totally get him either.   Let me back up. Today Netflix released the third season of the highly acclaimed series, “House of Cards”. It stars Kevin Spacey as scheming politico Francis “Frank” Underwood, and Robin Wright as his equally ambitious wife,…

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Lent- Day 9: Frank Underwood doesn’t understand Jesus.

  (House of Cards, Season 3)        Don’t worry, Frankie-boy, I don’t totally get him either.   Let me back up. Today Netflix released the third season of the highly acclaimed series, “House of Cards”. It stars Kevin Spacey as scheming politico Francis “Frank” Underwood, and Robin Wright as his equally ambitious wife,…

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Lent- Day 8: Wordless, yet their voices are heard the world over.

Photo taken by K.   Psalm 19 is an utter masterpiece. C.S. Lewis said “I take this to be the greatest poem in the Psalter and one of the greatest lyrics in the world.” It was part of my devotional reading this morning, and in a month of arctic temps, icy sleet and far too…

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Lent- Day 8: Wordless, yet their voices are heard the world over.

Photo taken by K.   Psalm 19 is an utter masterpiece. C.S. Lewis said “I take this to be the greatest poem in the Psalter and one of the greatest lyrics in the world.” It was part of my devotional reading this morning, and in a month of arctic temps, icy sleet and far too…

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Lent- Day 7: Suffering as muse.

    “No longer shall I paint interiors, and people reading, and women knitting. I shall paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love—I shall paint a number of pictures of this kind. People will understand the sacredness of it, and will take off their hats as though they were in church.…

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Lent- Day 7: Suffering as muse.

    “No longer shall I paint interiors, and people reading, and women knitting. I shall paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love—I shall paint a number of pictures of this kind. People will understand the sacredness of it, and will take off their hats as though they were in church.…

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