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Here are the watercolors he made for The Hobbit in 1937…
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This is Ruby. My reason for being. In a few weeks I will give a small piece of me for a whole lot of her.
She was born with a rare metabolic disorder that, amongst other things, has caused her liver to slowly fail, and now she needs a new one via transplant.
As soon as it was suggested, I immediately began my work-up, feeling it in my bone…
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I just had someone respond to a post of mine about loving our neighbors by saying, “It’s people like you who distort who our neighbors are! Illegal immigrants are not my neighbors and I’m not called to love them!”
This person had “Christ is king” in their bio and many posts advocating Christianity.
Unfortunately, this is an all too common sentiment these days. It is as untrue as it is callous and dangerous.
As a pastor, let me explain why:
First, every human being is created in God’s image and is t…
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What God asks is almost disappointingly simple: faithful attendance at ordinary Masses, small kindnesses to difficult people, and the courage to sit in silence with your own heart. 💙
The saints aren’t spiritual overachievers. They are ordinary people who consistently say yes in unremarkable moments.
