03853 – Grief is Like the Wake Behind a Boat

Grief is like the wake behind a boat. It starts out as a huge wave that follows close behind you and is big enough to swamp and drown you if you suddenly stop moving forward. But if you do keep moving, the big wake will eventually dissipate. And after a long time, the...

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02777 – Life of a Creative

The life of a creative is a lonely one. You think you are alone as the years go by. Yet, if the stars are on your side, you may discover that you are at the center of a vast circle of invisible friends whom you will never get to know but whom love you. And that is an...

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02760 – A Terrible Question

And now brothers, I will ask you a terrible question, and God knows I ask it also of myself. Is the truth beyond all truths, beyond the stars, just this: that to live without Christ is the real death, that to die with Christ the only life? from The Magnificent...

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02581 – What God Can Do with Dust

So let us be markednot for sorrow.And let us be markednot for shame.Let us be marked not for false humilityor for thinkingwe are lessthan we are but for claimingwhat God can dowithin the dust,within the dirt,within the stuffof which the worldis made,and the stars that...

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02559 – First Coming

He did not wait till the world was readytill men and nations were at peace.He came when the Heavens were unsteadyand prisoners cried out for release.He did not wait for the perfect time.He came when the need was deep and great.He dined with sinners in all their...

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02370 – Blessing of the Magi

There is no reversingthis road.The path that bore you heregoes in one direction only,every step drawing youdown a wayby which you will notreturn.You thought arrivalwas everything,that your entire journeyended with kneelingin the placeyou had spent allto find.When you...

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02294 – Was There a Moment?

Was there a moment, known only to God, when all the stars held their breath, when the galaxies paused in their dance for a fraction of a second, and the Word, who had called it all into being, went with all his love into the womb of a young girl, and the universe...

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