“I can’t do this anymore!” he says through clenched teeth. His hands clutch the dark waves of hair now mixed with a hint of gray. I try swallowing the lump in my throat.
In our nearly five and a half...
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Jan 27, 2012
by Kelly Sauer
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and for the artists, this may never become cliché. We walk around in constant wonder, proving it true again and again. Art brings the eternal into the boundaries of time...
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Jan 27, 2012
by hfreeman
Apparently, when I walk into certain retail stores and see ten feet of open space, I’m psychologically comforted. I move instinctively to the right, and look at small items like lower-priced key fobs that have the...
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Jan 20, 2012
by Sam Van Eman
The following article continues our Fridays on the topic of personal finance.
In 1996, my grandfather died, taking with him 200 years of stability and nearly two million dollars in property. “Do you know what...
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Jan 20, 2012
by craiggoodwin
The following excerpt by Craig Goodwin adds a humorous Sabbath component to our Friday conversations about personal finance.
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Normal people would plan months in advance for an experiment like this. Perhaps they...
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Jan 17, 2012
by Sam Van Eman
My friend refuses to eat at TGI Friday’s for theological reasons. Work was given to us before the fall of humankind, not after. For that reason, work is a good thing, as opposed to being the cause for exclaiming some...
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Jan 13, 2012
The following article by David K. Wheeler begins four Fridays of conversation on the topic of personal finance. In brief, we'll address book-buying, cutting back, giving more, and money in marriage.
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One year...
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Jan 6, 2012
by Sam Van Eman
Author and New York Times contributor, Marilynne Robinson, reminds us, "The Bible is the model for and subject of more art and thought than those of us who live within its influence, consciously or unconsciously, will...
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Dec 30, 2011
by Kelly Sauer
In December, our PhotoPlay and Random Acts of Poetry prompts focused on the sounds of the season.
Our PhotoPlay gallery (below) is a festive collection of the sounds of your Christmas that has left us wanting more. You...
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Dec 30, 2011
by lauraboggess
“I’ve decided that life is a Ponzi scheme.”
I give my friend a quizzical look.
“Do you know what that is?”
“Yeah, sure, sort of. Isn’t that what Bernie Madoff got in...
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