Category Archives: Culture

Helping the Hurt (Focus On Grace, November 2013)

Posted on August 10, 2014 by DHawthorne

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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Why? (Focus On Grace, October 2013)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by DHawthorne

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)

Posted on July 27, 2014 by DHawthorne

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

Posted on July 20, 2014 by DHawthorne

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

Posted on July 6, 2014 by DHawthorne

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)

Posted on June 29, 2014 by DHawthorne

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 →

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Planting Seeds (Focus On Grace, July 2013)

Posted on June 22, 2014 by DHawthorne

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)

Posted on June 15, 2014 by DHawthorne

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)

Posted on June 8, 2014 by DHawthorne

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)

Posted on June 1, 2014 by DHawthorne

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 →

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