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I’ll admit it right from the start. I didn’t plan it this way. It just sort of played itself out… kind of just happened. For Sunday night’s Super Bowl LVII between the Eagles and Chiefs, I went into the game unsure of where my zeal would soon
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Greetings, friends. Today I had my post long planned out. We have been out of the country for the week behind, so some pre-work had been done, ensuring the posts were timely and relevant for the reader and non-taxing and relaxing for the writer. It was a wonderful
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As is our frequent practice, let us ask what people are asking. We surveyed the sites to see what questions are asked. Note: if a site isn’t referenced, they may indeed be a resource that isn’t very fluent in posing inquiries; they may more tell us what to
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I have a bit of a confession today. And please — no judgment. I’m simply being transparent. And remember transparency doesn’t mean sharing all about all. It means communicating in such a way that what’s behind what we articulate can be distinctly seen. So… Truth: for years I
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For those who may have tuned out the politicians once more in this (nice) non-election season, one of the looming situations is another debt ceiling fight. Allow me to say it in the words of Declan Garvey, editor of The Morning Dispatch: “Welcome, esteemed guests, to this year’s
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Sometimes I don’t know what to say. And I think that’s OK. I think there are seasons for everything… days for everything… moments, no doubt, also for everything. If I’m honest, sometimes I don’t know what to say, but I still say things. And it’s
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I think most all would agree that unity is a good thing. I think it’s more that we disagree on how to get there. Perhaps we could get there faster if we understood what unity is not. Hear me, friends. It’s easy to fall prey to some other
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It happened again. The crowd was silenced. The players sobered. In inaudible unison, the masses knelt. Not only did they kneel, they instinctively knew it was a wise thing to do. Our country hasn’t quite figured out the kneeling thing, friends. On January 2nd, during Monday Night Football, when
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Perhaps you’ve noticed. Perhaps you have not. There have been many recent passionate pursuits to degender various customs and facets of current culture. To “degender” — which by the way, is not universally recognized as a word yet, as my auto-correct continually rewrites it as “defender,” which would seem
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So what is it with all this classified material? Why do our leaders keep not knowing how to handle it or what to do with it? (And could someone please tell Prince Harry to keep things a little more classified?) Allow us not to wade too fully into what we
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Joining the throngs of others, my family made our way to see “Avatar: The Way of Water” over the recent holiday break. In just two weeks time, the movie grossed over $1 billion in global ticket sales, an apparent, coveted, box office milestone. With Hollywood taking a hit in recent
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Here at the Intramuralist, we are very intentional about our topics. Some stories are worked on weeks in advance, noting the extent of research required. Others are crafted in the immediate hours prior to posting, noting the urgency in the country’s collective conversation. When the heart of the country