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The Filter Blog

My lovely wife recently noticed the water in our shower has a disagreeable, even offensive odor. Since our home is rural and we have a private well, this was not the first time this has occurred. Over the course of the two decades…

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God’s Purpose

As regular, loyal, highly-intelligent readers of the Kinship Blog may have noticed, I have grown increasingly fond of the NLT (New Living Translation) of the Bible. The NLT is not a paraphrase nor is it simply a rephrasing…

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When the Demons Tremble

"Jesus, Jesus, You make the darkness tremble..." --from "Tremble," by Mosiac MSC That's one of my favorite songs on Kinship Radio. I sometimes play it right before falling asleep. There is a deep peace…

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What Were They Thinking?

When I wrote last week about our internal dialogues, what I didn't share with you was that it was prompted by Salvador Ramos. I could not help but wonder what would have been going through that young man's mind, in fact…

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The Internal Dialogue

It has been said, by various people in various ways, that what you think about is what you are and what you become. That quote, or variations of it, has been attributed to many people in many ways. From Buddha…

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For God Is With Us

One of my favorite songs on Kinship Radio is currently "For God Is With Us" by For King and Country. There's a certain grandeur to the music and, at first blush, the lyrics seem very Christmas-like: "No…