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The Literature Page External signs of wealth and success are often cheap storefronts that hide internal mediocrity or even incompetence. Real Live Preacher, Gospel Living in a Superficial World, 05-30-06No one forgives with more grace and love than a child. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 02-15-06 I write because I'm afraid to say some things out loud. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 03-13-05 Knowing that there is worse pain doesn't make present pain hurt any less. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 03-22-05One of the joys we have in being human is in exercising our freedom to choose and to take each case as it comes to us. We are not robots who are forced into behaviors by their programming. We see things; we think about things; and we choose our course of action or beliefs appropriately. And as long as that remains true of us, we will live every day of our lives on one slippery slope or another. There is no reason to fear this. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 03-23-06When someone is giving you their theology, their God words, you should listen hard and be very gentle. The time to deliver your God words is when you are asked. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 03-25-05 Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 05-01-05 Your world is made of your memories, and your memories are given to you by your world. The whispering voice of happenstance is always in our ears. 'This is the world. This is the way things are. Look. Pay attention. Remember.' Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 05-25-06Doubting God's existence is okay and perfectly acceptable within Christianity as long as the person doubting remains obedient and committed to the Christian path. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 06-10-04 When you really trust someone, you have to be okay with not understanding some things. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 07-08-04 If you want to write you must have faith in yourself. Faith enough to believe that if a thing is true about you, it is likely true about many people. And if you can have faith in your integrity and your motives, then you can write about yourself without fear. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 07-25-06 See things as they are and write about them. Don?t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 07-25-06 Some things you do because you want to. Some things you do because of the needs of others in your family. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 10-06-05The human heart cannot love the whole world. And if you try to put the whole world into your heart, you will eventually lose touch with your own humanity Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher, 05-01-07One thing is clear to me. You can't know everything you'd like to know. You can't do everything you'd like to do. You can't read everything you'd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life. Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher.com weblog, September 9, 2003Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com weblog, 10-09-04 It's not foresight or hindsight we need. We need sight, plain and simple. We need to see what is right in front of us. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, April 22, 2003When life seems chaotic, you don't need people giving you easy answers or cheap promises. There might not be any answers to your problems. What you need is a safe place where you can bounce with people who have taken some bad hops of their own. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, August 12, 2003I?m telling you, things are getting out of hand. Or maybe I?m discovering that things were never in my hands. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, August 2, 2003There isn?t much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you aren?t really living without it. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, August 27, 2003 The only comfort comes in thinking about how nice it was to know them, and how nice it was to brush against goodness for a season. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, August 5, 2003Fidelity to commitment in the face of doubts and fears is a very spiritual thing. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 16, 2002I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want to feel love, choose to love and be patient. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 16, 2002 My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 16, 2002God, I don?t have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 26, 2002 We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God?s existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 26, 2002 EVERY path may lead you to God, even the weird ones. Most of us are on a journey. We?re looking for something, though we?re not always sure what that is. The way is foggy much of the time. I suggest you slow down and follow some of the side roads that appear suddenly in the mist. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, February 13, 2003 I?m searching through all that has ever been hoped, in praise of what can never be known. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, February 13, 2004 This isn't good or bad. It's just the way of things. Nothing stays the same. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 03, 2004 I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 04, 2004 Browse our complete list of 3150 authors by last name:
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