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Could we have our prepositions wrong? …

Merriam-Webster’s Online offers the folllowing for the preposition, "for."

Main Entry: 1for
Pronunciation: f&r, (')for, Southern also (')fâ??§r
Function: preposition
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Latin per through, prae before, pro before, for, ahead, Greek pro, Old English faran to go  — more at FARE

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On the Edge of the Inside …

Road trips offer interesting stops along the way. We left Glorieta, NM and would eventually end up in Newport Beach, CA. One of the more intriguing encounters came when we stopped in Albuquerque, NM for a tour of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Father Richard Rohr founded … Continue reading

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Jackrabbits leading the way …

Last week Bill Moyer’s hosted, "Is God Green?" Some folks announced it would be on at the Emergent Gathering and Micah sent me a text that he and Kristen were watching and it was good. I found it on the Internet and watched it today. It dovetails … Continue reading

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Collapsing our notion of grace … it is indeed all around us …

Finished! One of the pitfalls of a bibliophile (at least this bibliophile) is the tendency to read multiple books at a time. Micah and Kristen recommended Gilead some time ago. Patty finished reading it just after we purchased the book. I on the other hand had it in my … Continue reading

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Flies and Protestations …

Paul offered a couple of excellent posts. A clip from the first,

It’s said that while the Ottoman Turks were breaching the walls of
Constantinople the people were inside debating a theological issue.
The question was this: If a fly lands in holy water, does the fly make
the

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