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by Rubel Shelly — Dec 27th, 2010
It has been my good fortune to know Dr. Everett Blanton and to be counted among his friends. Come to think of it, that doesn't make me all that ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Dec 13th, 2010
Scenes of gently falling snow. A self-assured man and serene woman looking at a sleeping infant. A baby so unique that -- so the song tells us ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Dec 6th, 2010
Attorneys, farmers, teachers, parents, street sweepers, police officers -- all have a calling from God. Not just clergy, but all of us. So said ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Nov 30th, 2010
Some people have dismissed it as a "trendy phrase," but I take it very seriously. The notion that people can be authentically spiritual without ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Nov 22nd, 2010
Because pain is what it is, we go to great lengths to avoid it. I should have been smart enough to put on kneepads two weeks ago ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Nov 1st, 2010
You probably get discouraged about events in the news too. Terrorism. Family violence. Unemployment. Some of the scary news may even ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Oct 25th, 2010
Thirty-three Chilean miners are telling an unlikely story. After being trapped half a mile underground for 69 wretched days, they were brought to ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Oct 18th, 2010
Ike Ditzenberger had watched his big brothers play football. He grew up idolizing and imitating them. Ike wanted to play football too. And he even dared ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Oct 11th, 2010
It is so easy to confuse issues and get sidetracked. Take the situation with Tyler Clementi as a case in point. Tyler was the student at Rutgers University who committed suicide ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Sep 27th, 2010
Steven Slater had his 15 minutes of fame last month -- some 17 to 20 more than he was due! The problem in that awkward opening sentence isn't ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Sep 20th, 2010
The first time anything new and creative is proposed, it gets labeled. And the label put on these novel things is likely to be "risky." Can't you just ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Sep 13th, 2010
A generation or so ago, our universe was thought by many scientists to be a closed system that had neither beginning nor end. The existence of the cosmos ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Sep 7th, 2010
On the assumption now that you have named three specific things that would make your life better, let me pose one more question: Can you ... (
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by Ron Rose — Aug 24th, 2010
One of the great serendipity's of grandparenthood is meandering conversations with grandkids. During these timeless talks I am quickly reminded that ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Aug 9th, 2010
"I'm not going to live in this sort of hell anymore!" he told me. The hell he had in mind wasn't the jail cell ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Aug 2nd, 2010
Newspapers across the country took a break from the sad and depressing news recently to report an incident that surely ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jul 27th, 2010
The Christian faith can hold its own in the public arena of intellectual discussion. It is grounded in history and defensible ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jul 19th, 2010
You've heard endless tales of "the one that got away." The baseline stories of this genre are about fish. But, there ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jul 5th, 2010
Once in a while something happens that is so far beyond the norm that there is nothing to do but drop your jaw. Well ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jun 28th, 2010
Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote the wistful line about God giving us humans the power to see ourselves as others ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jun 21st, 2010
John Wooden (1910-2010) built an incredible college basketball dynasty at UCLA in the 1960's and 1970's. True ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jun 14th, 2010
When I was a little boy, I remember someone illustrating the difference between immaturity and maturity this ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jun 7th, 2010
A friend sent me an article last week about explaining tragedies to children. As framed in the piece he ... (
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by Ron Rose — Jun 1st, 2010
I liked the part of letting people ask questions about my hope; it relieved me of guilt. I had it figured ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — May 25th, 2010
Are you old enough to remember the "New Coke" fiasco? It was 25 years ago, April of 1985, that arguably the most ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — May 11th, 2010
The "big deal" in this case has nothing to do with Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, health care, or government ... (
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by Heartlight Team — May 6th, 2010
Times are perilous. They have been ever since the first humans chose to rebel against God. With all the tension in ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — May 4th, 2010
Guilt is a good thing. If I tell a lie, take something that isn't mine, or treat someone unfairly, I may ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Apr 26th, 2010
The story is that Satan accepted an invitation to be interviewed on "The Larry King Show." When Larry asked his ... (
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by Ron Rose — Apr 20th, 2010
The question is: Do you know how to trust? Do you trust your spouse not to cheat on you regardless of ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Apr 12th, 2010
I found a note yesterday that I wrote myself almost six years ago now. I remember where I was and what I was doing when ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Apr 5th, 2010
Rejection takes many forms. You didn't make the team. The college you want to attend turns you down. The woman ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 29th, 2010
Fatalism holds that what will be, will be. Or, as immortalized in the signature song of actress-singer Doris Day ... (
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by Mike Barres — Mar 23rd, 2010
My shoulders and back were sore, partly from shoveling snow in the driveway. My wife walked by. I asked ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 15th, 2010
It appears to be all the rage these days. Rage, that is. It comes in countless varieties -- road rage, grocery store... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 8th, 2010
I don't have the best memory. My wife, of course, says playfully that I -- like all husbands she has heard about ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 1st, 2010
Many of us express some degree of amazement (if not concern) over what passes for entertainment in this culture... (
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by Ron Rose — Feb 22nd, 2010
The key to wisdom is locked up in your memory. This living wisdom, not your achievements or net worth, becomes ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Feb 16th, 2010
I visited with a friend over dinner the other night. He is an attorney. A really good one. He works for a ... (
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by Larry Davies — Feb 9th, 2010
I have a lot of friends -- 2813 so far. Isn't that great?! Not really. I don't even know many of them. Maybe, I should ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Feb 1st, 2010
No, I don't think there is an un-godly conspiracy among lawyers and in the insurance industry. But, I do think it... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jan 25th, 2010
To hear most people tell it these days, the ultimate virtue is tolerance. So we are instructed to criticize nothing... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jan 11th, 2010
For too long now, we have lived with the idea that life is divided into spheres of sacred and secular, religious ...... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jan 4th, 2010
I like the notion of "fresh starts" and "second chances." How about you? Did your fall semester in college or ... (
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