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America’s Ghost
It was midnight — pitch black — and I was descending a steep hill on my bicycle without a light. I had been fortunate so far; there had been ample streetlights. Now, however, as I hit the sharpest incline, the … Continue reading
Posted in the kingdom of heaven
Tagged America, call to the faithful, consumerism, death, debauchery, decline, destruction, end of the age, fools gold, godlessness, growing pains, hedonism, idolatry, Kingdom of Heaven, materialism, meaning of life, narcissism, national sovereignty, nationalism, secularism, sounding of the trumpet
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Home for the Holidays
It was around 1995 when I really got my back up against the commercialization of Christmas. I was working as a server at a restaurant called Little Italy on the south side of Anchorage. I wasn’t exactly getting into the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas
Tagged Christmas, commercialism, consumerism, consumers, holiday, home, reflection, respect, sanctity, special, wamth
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