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Case against Bookmarks
2 minutesphoto credit: applejan Case against bookmarks is almost certainly language too strong for this but brief thought I had several days ago. We use bookmarks to remember where we left off reading a book. But shouldn’t the reading be so stimulating that we remember exactly where we left off and therefore have no need for […]
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Around Jesus, Not a Table
2 minutesphoto credit: mnadi It’s not that you have a place “around the table” of Christianity, for there is no table. There’s a person, Jesus Christ. We don’t gather around, rally around, an abstract idea or a metaphorical table but a person. He is the what we gather and rally around. We should then ask ourselves […]
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When I Say Suede, I Say Sweden
1 minuteI’ve just learned the etymology of the word “suede.” It seems rather obvious now that I think about it. undressed kid skin, 1884, from gants de Suède (1859), lit. “gloves of Sweden,” from Fr. Suède “Sweden.” Etymonline.com scores again!
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Peter Beachy III
1 minuteWhile in Pennsylvania on Christmas Day at my grandpa Pap’s house he busted out an old photo album he purchased at a sale of his parents’ earthly goods many years ago after my great-grandma passed away. The gem reproduced below is a photo of Peter Beachy III which caught my eye as Pap was flipping […]