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So Ebola seems the hottest topic of conversation... what it is... what it’s not... what are the imminent dangers. As one might expect, the Intramuralist has multiple questions... How did this begin? Where will it end? How many will be infected? Are we prepared? Are we overhyping it? How
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It’s election season, so you know what that means. That equates to typically seemingly intelligent people screaming over one another, each attempting to make their point most emphatically, hoping they are able to somehow at least appear to respectfully drain out the point and attention paid to the other.
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This past weekend I had the humble privilege of leading a retreat for some seventy-five plus women who are committed to expressing gratitude despite the circumstances... persons who regardless of the depth of the irritants or piercing of the pain are intentionally choosing to trust God regardless, recognizing that
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[Note: as the Intramuralist was leading a conference this weekend, allow the following to serve as today’s column -- one of the more insightful editorials I read this week. It was written by Ed Rogers and appeared in Wednesday’s Washington Post.] Much is being written about the revelations in
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Quit telling us what you think we want to hear. Tell us the truth. Don’t manipulate the truth in order to serve what you’ve determined is a greater purpose... When Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) was asked by MSNBC this week if he “thinks the Obama administration has
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He picks up his cell phone, calls into a witty Sirius radio show on Sunday, and after only a few short seconds, he hands me the phone, and says, “What’s this?!” A look of genuine confusion had usurped his entire countenance. I put the phone up to my ear
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Years ago, as a young mom with three little kids in tow, I remember visiting my mother-in-law’s home for the weekend -- a too infrequent delight for our entire family. After we sat down for breakfast and the always abundant spread of eggs, bacon, toast, muffins, and more,
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As we found ourselves recently shocked by reality -- that grown men would intentionally decapitate innocent others in the name of their so-called religion -- most of us have begun paying increased attention to terror in the Middle East. Not since the unspeakable wake of 9/11 have we consistently been
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Let’s call it what it is -- and not what it’s not... The unfathomable beheading at a food processing plant in Oklahoma City is not simply “workplace violence.” It was the evil act of a disgruntled, fired employee who was a Muslim convert, who may or may not have
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I learned a lesson last week. I learned the “code” of social media. Not to be confused with the proverbial dress code, dating code, or universal bro code -- each which are unfortunately, ostentatiously, sometimes broken -- social media has its own understood, accepted protocol. For example... Indirect tweeting is an art
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A headline snapshot from around the world this week... “U.S. Military Leaders: Strikes in Syria Are Just the Start of a Prolonged Campaign” “Ebola Epidemic Could Top a Million Victims If Not Contained, CDC Warns” “Lois Lerner Breaks Silence: I’m ‘Not Sorry for Anything I Did’” “A Majority
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These past few months we’ve witnessed even the non-sports fan pay increased attention to the athletic arena. From the previous outrage directed at then NBA owner Donald Sterling and his racist rants to the current outrage directed at the quartet of NFL players marked more by their off-