Author: Tim
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Twilight Mood
If it is all just quarks, then my quarrel with myself can cease. My mind will accept that it just mediates the background radiation and I’ll go gently down the entropy chute. The sun does not regard me. It does not number my hairs nor does it note the drop of the sparrow from the…
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Genesis 1: The Necessary Oomphalos
Apparent Age is a fringe thought. From the view of the typical secularist it is one of the craziest uncles in a crazy family of religious ideas. When the evidence of an old universe first put pressure on the literal reading of Genesis, some sincere creationist argued that Adam must have had a belly button,…
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The Trees of August
The entire creation shares man’s estrangement, says St. Paul, and we and the trees groan, cursed to survive by sweat about tomorrow. The trees are not in the Garden any more, either. Sadly, they never come to live in the present moment. This moment, to be fully this moment, is not a means to any…
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Smart, But Bitter, Is Uglier
A famous writer died and I thought back to the half-dozen times I’d seen him interviewed. He had a permanent sneer. He was always talking about how stupid someone else was. And he was probably right, but it was a fixed sneer, he couldn’t go far from it, no matter the topic. So in conversation…
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Vanity, All is Vanity.
Isaac, I wrote this late one night when I was really tired in my heart. At the age of 55 I have to admit how little I understand about God or the world. I have no idea what He wants me to do. I’ve been lucky enough to have fallen in, at various times, with…
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Matthew 27: 24-31: That One: He’ll Do Just Fine.
“His blood be on us and our children.” They were passionate about something. These are not the words of people who are doing someone else’s bidding. They were rioting, and Pilate gave them Jesus and released Barabbas to satisfy them. All my life evangelical preachers have implied that the cry for Barabbas was just a…
