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Author Archives: DHawthorne
Why? (Focus On Grace, October 2013)
There is a story on the Internet that details a conversation a college chemistry professor had with his three-year-old daughter (you can see the whole thing HERE). It starts our simple enough: little Sarah asked her Daddy if he was … Continue reading
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Being Real (Focus On Grace, September 2013)
I have a Facebook account. I’m not one to play games on it; in fact, I categorically refuse all game requests. I don’t worry about my privacy … I never post anything on it that I care whether the whole … Continue reading
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As a Child
There is a young boy that lives near me, and when school is in session, he often walks through my neighborhood towards the local grade school when I am on my way to work. And he likes to sing. When … Continue reading
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Learning To Ride
My father was a patient person. He wasn’t around a lot when I was a child; he worked two jobs that had him out to “The Office” before I got up for school, and home after I went to bed. … Continue reading
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The Meaning of Trust (Focus On Grace, August 2013)
I’m in the habit, at the end of my work day, to stop for a beverage on my way home. When I’m working at the office, there’s a little gas-station shop right down the street that I like to stop … Continue reading
Planting Seeds (Focus On Grace, July 2013)
In 1995, a movie was released titled “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” It traced the career of a musician who took a job as a high school music teacher in order to spend more time with his new wife and write an … Continue reading
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America, We Have a Problem … (Focus On Grace, May 2013)
You pretty much have to be living in a cave these days to miss the fact that there is a raging debate in our country about gun control. There has been horrific story after horrific story about fatal shootings, the … Continue reading
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If You Love Me … (Focus On Grace, March 2013)
I once attended a church that set great store on how a Christian behaved. How you dressed, the words you used in conversation, the kinds of books you read, how you entertained yourself, and how much you participated in church … Continue reading
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What Are You Doing? (Focus on Grace, February 2013)
When I was a young man, I worked as a counselor at a Christian camp. This was the kind of place where people shipped off their kids, to spend a week in a Christian environment, hear about the Lord, and … Continue reading
Getting It Right (Focus on Grace, January 2013)
Picture, if you will, a man. He is young, still somewhat idealistic, passionate and energetic. His friends, if asked to describe him with one word, would say things like, “faithful,” “devout,” and “intense,” and they would mean those things in … Continue reading
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