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R.I.P. Father Abraham style

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Good lord. I’ve been experiencing an enormous amount of creative avoidance with my Father Abraham series lately. You may be aware that I’ve been trying to add some more discipline in my life, even trying to create a structured process to do so. Even after tweaking it, I wasn’t any closer to reaching my goals [...]

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The Zac Parsons Project

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Of band names and organizations with the word “project” in the title, The Alan Parsons Project always seems to come to my mind first. If that name pings something in your brain, but are not sure exactly how you know it, perhaps this will help: If you are a basketball fan, you may recognize that [...]

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Adding some new disciplines, Father Abraham style – Part 2

About a week and a half ago, I decided to add some more discipline to my life and my daily regimen. First on my list: be early to rise. Well, I think that I managed that for about three or four days. Then I had an extended out of state trip for five days, and [...]

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Adding some new disciplines, Father Abraham style

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Way, way back in the day, there was an extremely popular song among Christian Sunday School classes. The song’s popularity among children didn’t have a lot to do with the inspiring lyrics, or the transcendent spiritual message. In fact, to this day I cannot figure out what it was designed to teach children. But I [...]

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September 11, 2011

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I sat alone for most of this morning, binging on alternating images of devastation and healing surrounding the events of 9/11. So much has been said and written about how our country has responded in the subsequent decade following that day. It’s probably appropriate for everyone to process all of those feelings once again, reflecting [...]

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Processing my lack of an effective process

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It’s been over a week since I wrapped up my fast for the month of Ramadan. Perhaps the sudden onset of autumn weather has something to do with it, but I’ve been regularly pondering the fact that I might be experiencing some post-Ramadan blues. I’m not waking up before dawn, I’m not meditating as much, [...]

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