Archive for December, 2011

A Call to Love

I’m tired of Christians trying to make unbelievers believe what we believe. While we have been commanded to go and preach to every nation, the end goal of only a conversion of attitudes to mirror our own rights and wrongs is, in my opinion, shortsighted. I am just as guilty of that shortsightedness as many [...]

Why reading obituaries gives me hope

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Ada Hurt, 93, Indianapolis, died Dec. 4, 2011. Just a sentence to sum up 93 years of life. I often read the obituaries during the graveyard shift at my second job. Sometimes, they’re the only things to read when the night is slow. Some obituaries detail the deceased’s commitment to his or her community; others [...]