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The Class of 1970

It started with Woodstock…not the festival in 1969, but the post I did a while back. I started thinking about the people I went to high school with, wondering what they were up to now. That led to doing a little searching on Facebook where I found that the first girl I dated [...]

The Woodstock Legacy

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Almost 41 years ago over 500,000 members of my generation gathered on Max Yasgur‘s farm in upstate New York. The event was officially called “Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”, but is commonly known simply as “Woodstock“. Held from August 15 to August 18, 1969, this weekend [...]

The Curse of Being Just

“Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on. He replied, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has got him back [...]

Strength to Endure - Zondervan Daily Meditation

Strength to Endure

-Philip Yancey, Grace Notes

A friend of mine recently returned from a visit to Asian countries where Christians are experiencing persecution. Christians in Malaysia told him, “We’re so blessed, because in Indonesia they’re killing Christians, but here we just have to put up with discrimination and restrictions on our activities.” [...]

A Crisis of Identity

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When I think about how others see me, I sometimes struggle to reconcile the perceptions of others with the self-image that exists in my mind. The first thing that I have to admit here is that I am my own worst critic…as many of us are. But there is only [...]