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poor in spirit

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven … In Luke’s version, Jesus says, Blessed are you who are poor. Luke draws attention to Jesus’ offer of grace and favor to those...

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unexpected pleasures

No life is entirely planned. Some of us are well-displined and well-organized, living structured and carefully measured lives. Others of us are impulsive or indecisive, living rather chaotic lives. But...

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just enough

Is it sinful to spend money on yourself? I don’t think so … Is it sinful to spend money only on yourself? Yes, I do think so … Is it sinful to want more than you have? I don’t think so … Is it sinful...

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it’s the little things that matter

Love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable … It’s not in the grand gestures that love leaves its mark … the unexpected gift, the display of sympathy, the kind words. It is in the little things,...

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good news

I do not watch television because the world on the screen is not the world I want to live in. It is not the real world, but if I spend enough time watching it I know I will forget that. A...

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straight story

What a great movie! I previewed David Lynch’s film the straight story last evening. It tells the real-life story of Alvin Straight, an elderly Iowan who rode a lawn mower two hundred and sixty miles...

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chattering and scampering

From inward/outward: The Worrier’s Guild by Philip Deaver Today there is a meeting of the Worriers’ Guild, and I’ll be there. The problems of Earth are to be discussed at length end to end for five...

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“living with a sense of gratitude”

Barbara Kingsolver was interviewed by World Ark, Heifer International’s bi-monthly magazine, about her newest book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. The book describes her family’s yearlong pledge to eat...

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enough

From inward/outward, a quote from G. K. Chesterton: There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

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love

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