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Spiders and the Spirit
The web of a spider possesses a mysterious intricacy. Did the tiny creature precisely plan each interwoven angle, or did the web’s delicate features appear as passively as those which parents p… more →
Something to Sustain Me
Spiders and the Spirit
justjen wrote 4 months ago: The web of a spider possesses a mysterious intricacy. Did the tiny creature precisely plan each int … more →
Joshua 3:5
justjen wrote 4 months ago: Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you. What if I really beli … more →
Why the banter matters to me...
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justjen wrote 7 months ago: For some, Psalm 89 is just like any other psalm of lament, but for me it is something special. I see … more →
Part IV -- A little banter with the Almighty
justjen wrote 7 months ago: See below for Parts I-III. Here’s the hard part. Dear God, You promised all this stuff. You d … more →
Part III -- A little banter with the Almighty
justjen wrote 7 months ago: Parts I & II are below… If the first thing to notice is that the people of God knew God … more →
Part I -- Psalm 89:19-52...a little banter with the Almighty
justjen wrote 7 months ago: Person 1: 19-37 A long time ago you spoke in a vision, you spoke to your faithful beloved: God: … more →
What's been weighing on me?
justjen wrote 7 months ago: Well, it’s felt like a couple of heavy cement blocks pressing on my chest, but the doctors say … more →
Population Control
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justjen wrote 1 year ago: I’m listening to Diane Rehm Show; the present segment features Paul Ehrlich. It’s a fas … more →
I pack my life in Prada...
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justjen wrote 1 year ago: There’s a lot of talk out there about baggage. Not the kind that you pack to take a trip to B … more →
Lamentations
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justjen wrote 1 year ago: Lamentations 2:1-9 Sometimes things fall a part. Sometimes the rug gets yanked out from under us. It … more →
Thankfulness Changes
justjen wrote 1 year ago: First, thanks for the comments. I’m especially impressed to see my mother piped up. I’m … more →
Come Just as You Are
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justjen wrote 1 year ago: Discovering that I could freely and frequently come before God just as I was – a disastrously imperf … more →
Trespasses
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justjen wrote 2 years ago: Forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. I don’t say debts and … more →
This is where reconcilliation lies
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justjen wrote 2 years ago: At mass today, the NT reading was from Phillipians 3 and the Gospel reading was the story of the adu … more →
What is he thinking!? (part III)
justjen wrote 2 years ago: Jesus went out again beside the sea and the whole crowd gathered around him and he taught them. As h … more →
What is he thinking!? (part II)
justjen wrote 2 years ago: According to the Gospel of Mark, at this point Jesus has called four disciples – Simon, Andrew … more →
What is he thinking!? (part I)
justjen wrote 2 years ago: Jesus went out again beside the sea and the whole crowd gathered around him and he taught them. As h … more →
Bob Dylan writes Bibles
justjen wrote 2 years ago: Ain’t no altars on this lonesome road. ~Mr. Dylan When there are no altars, how do you … more →
Sometimes a year feels like a lifetime; sometimes it goes so fast
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justjen wrote 2 years ago: As I was filing some of my tax forms last night, my hand slipped into the folder section that contai … more →
