When it was evening on that day… and the doors of the house were locked for fear of the Jews. John 20:19 A week later his disciples were in the same house…. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came. John 20:26 St. John  intimates that Jesus simply appears in the locked room after Christ’s resurrection not just the…

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This seems to happen to me all the time. I woke up with my day all scheduled out, today was going to be productive. I finished my coffee and healthy breakfast and headed upstairs to clean up and begin my organized day, when the door bell rang. It was my neighbor asking if I had…

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“To the Jew, there is only one unforgivable sin, and that is the sin of despair… Think of the times you’ve been surprised…as you looked at a situation and deemed it hopeless. Then, lo and behold, forces you did not even realize existed broke in and changed everything….” — The Hopeful Heart, John R. Claypool. At some…

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…like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel. — Pope Francis. Pope Francis use these magnificent words  to predict that an obsession with narrow political issues risked the moral edifice of the church falling. No I don’t want to discuss the moral edifice of the church or which narrow political issues…

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Are You Experienced? — Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix’s debut album is a classic. Click on the above link to learn a few things you may not know about the making of the album. But no I’m not going  to talk about rock and roll today or any other day. Rock and roll is to be “experienced”…

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