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Recovering Our Identity

Recovering Our Identity

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If you’ve never seen the 1998 movie The Red Violin, I would highly recommend it. Using a series of flashbacks, the movie follows the title’s namesake through key moments in its history up until modern day, when it is being prepared for auction. Appraiser Charles Morritz (played by Samuel L. Jackson) suspects this particular item might be the legendary last violin made by Nicolo Bussotti, a famous luthier. After authenticating its true identity, Morritz desires to own the violin himself and contrives a plan to replace the original with a copy whose identity is significantly less impressive.… Read more...

Scrubbing Bubble Salvation – Easter 2018

Scrubbing Bubble Salvation – Easter 2018

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Half Air faith articleYou may be familiar with the bathroom cleaner from S.C. Johnson called Scrubbing Bubbles. When I was a kid this product went by the name Dow Bathroom Cleaner and the Scrubbing Bubbles were its mascot. In the commercial these cartoon bubbles with brush bristles for legs would race up and down the tub and sink, leaving sparkling porcelain in their wake. When they were done, all the bubbles would circle and exit down the drain, crying out, "We work hard so you don't have to!"

Last year I used an altered version of this slogan to share the gospel on Facebook. Now, I'm not a big Facebook user. I use the service… Read more...

My Obsessions And The Fall

My Obsessions And The Fall

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Half Air faith articleI can become obsessed. I don't mean like with a movie franchise, celebrity, hobby, or things like that. I mean with tasks. Sometimes, if there is something that needs to be done, needs to be fixed, or that I just can't figure out, I am like a dog with a bone and can't let it go until it's completed to my satisfaction. If I do have to walk away for some reason, my mind is constantly on the problem and I have trouble shaking it until I either get back to the task or enough time has passed for me to push it from my mind, typically several hours to a day. This is especially true if it’s something computer or electronics… Read more...