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One of my more fun (and shareable) college habits was to enroll in a Phys. Ed. class each semester, giving me at least one class where the load was light but I still received academic credit — also a class I would knowingly, thoroughly enjoy. Hence, if one would ever pull
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As I sort through what’s most current in our conversation, I keep coming back to all the shouting going on. Truth is, I’m not all that fond of it. Someone, somewhere, says something seemingly foolish, and we are tempted to do primarily three things in response: 1. Say
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The story seemingly gaining greatest steam in the wake of ongoing atrocity is the perceived hate-filled rhetoric of Donald Trump. I get it. He is a bold, straight-talker who says what he means and means what he says — sadly, unlike so many engaged in political narrative; the challenge
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Time Magazine will announce tomorrow their 2015 “Person of the Year.” Originating in 1927 with the selection of Charles Lindbergh (in an attempt to remedy the previous editorial embarrassment of not featuring the aviator on the front cover after his trans-Atlantic flight), each year the periodical selects a person,
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Allow me a moment of total transparency: one night last week I got really mad at my spouse. I was really mad. Earlier in the evening we were working through a challenging conflict with one of our sons. The son was not complying with our expectations. The situation was also
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Another week. Another shooting. And so I sit at my laptop, soberly scrapping the thoughts originally penned for today’s post, knowing another topic takes greater priority, as our heads and hearts are focused elsewhere. But my heart hurts when focusing there. Horrific, senseless tragedies hurt. Oh, wait… I hear
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Every now and then I come across one of those profound “a-ha moments” that causes me to pause, knowing I can’t simply shake it away nor quickly become immersed in something else, so as to miss the striking relevance to current day. Before sharing publicly, let’s first
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While most were returning to some semblance of routine Friday morning, the typical Colorado calm was pierced by a shooter at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Two civilians and one police officer died; the gunman is now in custody as the investigation ensues. This, friends, is wrong. What
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[Reprinted by request, with a few edited, current thoughts…] With Thanksgiving upon us, a day of gratitude and grace, I thought of sharing insight into the many things for which the Intramuralist offers thanks... For each of you... who encourage me through your readership and sharing. For my family... who
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As we pause to express increased thanksgiving this week — in wake of the U.S. State Dept. issuing a worldwide travel alert late yesterday — it seems a little funny to me to pen some post on some topic — perhaps on how people keep focusing on the specks in others’ eyes
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Love that Amazon Prime! You, too — especially this time of year — can hop on amazon.com and purchase most anything your heart desires. As I strolled through the site recently in hopes of making an increased dent in this year’s Christmas shopping, I found a unique product… one, perhaps,
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Which of the following images is most disturbingly etched in your mind? * A still shot outside the Bataclan theatre in Paris, where multiple victims of the radical Islamic terrorists lie. Or... * A shot of a 3 year old refugee lying still on the shore, as he and his family fatally