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Psalm 1½

What is something you would not recommend attempting before reading the accompanying instructions or directions? Assembling IKEA furniture? Learning a board game? Taking a new prescription? Operating heavy equipment? Knitting a sweater? Our cats are especially guilty of that last one.

Without following the directions, the process can be very frustrating and can lead to some interesting and unintended results.

(10 mins. reading time)

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Heaven and …

What comes to mind when you think of heaven? If you search “heaven” on Google Images, you might find caricatures with the following themes:

  • people waiting at the pearly gates for St. Peter to check the dossier for their name;
  • a location somewhere above the earth in a cloudy environment with a shining bright light; and
  • people with wings on their backs and halos over their heads floating around and maybe even playing a handheld harp.

(11 min. reading time)

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