Gosnel Avoids the Death Penalty – My Take

May 14, 2013 1 Comment

We face an incredible force of evil in this world. The explanation for it is simple, man fell and therefore man has a proclivity towards sin. Morality isn’t exactly going to wind up in the middle of some pop culture revival anytime soon. The truth of the matter is that innocent life in this country is going to find greater intersections with evil as time goes on, because much of it has become institutionalized. Read more of this post

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Unfailing Hope in an Increasingly Hopeless World

May 3, 2013 Leave a comment

Today one of my long time regular customers, an older man, came in for the first time ever without his wife. He didn’t have to say a word to me, I just knew why, and he’s going to need a lot of prayers. Marriage and even relationships have never been something I’ve understood. Overtime I’ve kind of deduced how their supposed to go, but to say that kind of love has been elusive would be an understatement – not that I care. I guess the amazing thing about marriage that has stood out to me, as someone entirely from the outside on this issue, is that one spouse having to deal with the death of the other spouse is an inevitability. Although few people think about it, it’s a huge step both people take and looking through literature, the concept has been explored with amazing metaphorical detail. Read more of this post

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Patriots Day in Boston: Love on Display

April 17, 2013 Leave a comment

There aren’t too many people or moments in the world that make me smile. It’s not because I’m a stoic person or that I have a negative world view. I choose to be happy on my own despite a lot of the negative things I encounter because it’s just a healthy way to live. However, the level of goodness on display that has the ability to make me happy even on the occasional days when I’m not inclined to be is something I very rarely encounter. It’s certainly a short list of people in my own life: my high school swim coach, a few friends at school, and my family. With that said, the people of Boston achieved that level of goodness on Monday. Read more of this post

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Love in the Context of Life

March 27, 2013 Leave a comment

Love. It’s an extraordinary word, an incredibly unifying concept and used widely in our society today. The question remains: what is it? Websters dictionary defines it as “a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.” In life love takes many forms but above all love isn’t just friendship, it is sacrifice. Read more of this post

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Newtown – Six Weeks Later

January 27, 2013 Leave a comment

There’s an awful lot that goes on in life that we lose track of. Time moves very fast when we’re not paying attention to it. The world however becomes a very different place in the face of tragedy. There are some life difficulties we will never be able to relate to, and hope never to have to. One thing I do know is that when the security of a quaint rural community in Northern Fairfield County, Connecticut is violated in such a horrifying and irreversible way, no matter how fast time is flying the world comes to a screeching halt. That’s exactly how my first stop in Newtown since October when I was in the area for a weather conference went. Here I am, the deaths of 26 innocent souls seemingly ages ago had all been heavily diluted in my memory by the incessant politicization of their deaths. For the people in Newtown; however, this might as well have happened yesterday. It’s that fresh in their minds. Read more of this post

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