Entries for July 2009

Moments of Re-Creation

johnmdemarco posted on July 26, 2009 19:41

We have just returned to Franklin, Tenn., after a two-week road trip to Florida. I had the chance to visit family, numerous (but not all) good friends...

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Posted in: Critical Thinking

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Knowing Your Heart's Desire: Better Than Obtaining It?

johnmdemarco posted on July 18, 2009 19:43

Today I read a striking paragraph near the end of a little novel I just finished, Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos:"...I'd figured out that a re...

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Posted in: Preferences, Strengths & Vocation

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In Scorn of Excess

johnmdemarco posted on July 15, 2009 19:43

Everywhere I look this week, I see too much. Highways teeming with billboards advertising endless restaurant chains at best, and houses of ill repute ...

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Posted in: Critical Thinking

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Steve McNair and the Reality of Our Own Frailty

johnmdemarco posted on July 05, 2009 19:44

The Steve McNair tragedy is troubling for myriads of obvious reasons. But I believe what has me in a particular mental wrestling mode today is my ambi...

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Posted in: Spiritual Growth

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The Wonder of This Moment

johnmdemarco posted on July 03, 2009 19:46

I am having a weird thought while writing a chapter for a book, sitting at my usual Panera Bread in the Cool Springs district of Franklin, Tenn.Perhap...

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Posted in: Spiritual Growth

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