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Author Archives: DHawthorne
Prisons of the Mind
Note: I am not a psychiatrist, psychologist, or any other kind of mental health professional. These are personal observations, not clinical studies (which would take volumes to cover properly anyway). They need to be taken in that light: I am … Continue reading
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Making a Change
It’s traditional at the start of a new year to think about making changes in one’s life, but it’s been my experience that people seem to concentrate on relatively trivial things when the last digit on the date changes. The … Continue reading
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The Cross and the Cradle
It’s Christmas morning as I begin this post, it’s nice and peaceful, and I’m feeling content. I tend to get contemplative on Christmas (see my other posts at The Wonder of Christmas, and Christmas is for Kids?), and today is … Continue reading
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Christianity By Rote
Miriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines the word “rote” as, “the use of memory usually with little intelligence.” In my mind, I have always associated it with unthinking repetition, which is pretty close to that definition … so I have always been … Continue reading
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Walking in the Spirit
One of the most difficult things for a believer to learn, in my opinion, is how to separate our own thoughts and desires from those of the Holy Spirit. Many Christians are downright glib about saying things like, “The Lord … Continue reading
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Announcement: Branching Out
My most recent post was the last of the “Focus On Grace” reprints. I’ve been mixing in a few new items while I was posting them, but decided to get them all online, and that is accomplished (I’m not writing … Continue reading
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Regret (Focus On Grace, February 2014)
In late 2013, a movie was released titled, “About Time.” I haven’t seen it, but I did see a preview, and I found the premise intriguing. In it, a young man discovers that he can travel in time – he … Continue reading
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When the Holy Spirit Works (Focus On Grace, January 2014)
In 1990, two men were having a discussion about spirituality and maturity in men, and between them decided that the most important factor in attaining those ideals was discipleship. They formed a men’s discipleship group from that initial idea, laid … Continue reading
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The Wonder of Christmas (Focus on Grace 2013)
Note: I debated with myself waiting for December to republish this, but decided instead to preserve the original publication order instead. So it’s a tad out-of-season, appearing here in August. Well, stores have “Christmas in July,” so why not? If … Continue reading
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Helping the Hurt (Focus On Grace, November 2013)
When I was a teenager, I had a classmate who had some kind of a problem with me. At the time, I didn’t have any idea why, but he always had a bad attitude towards me, and often attempted to … Continue reading
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