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Fairly Spiritual: Choosing to live a life of love
God wants to guard your heart. He desires to protect you from pursuing a path that will hurt…
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Fairly Spiritual: Devour the power to struggle
I've lost 22 pounds since the first of January. Since I have a habit of finding the weight…
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Fairly Spiritual: Alone with the cats and my thoughts | Bursch
I’m on day two of five days without my family. My wife and kids have headed out of…
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Fairly Spiritual: The grace of a new dawn
The sun rises on the evil and the good. The rain falls on the wicked and the just.…
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The spiritual significance of snow on a platypus | Doug Bursch
When writing a column, the beginning is the hardest part. The lead-in words never come easy to me.…
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Fairly Spiritual: Have a not so magical Christmas
A couple weeks back I had an enlightening conversation with my older sister, Christine. She’s an extremely intelligent…
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Fairly Spiritual: The meek have failed to inherit the earth
Jesus told us the meek would inherit the earth. The cynical among us don’t see that happening. Seems…
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Fairly Spiritual: Googling and Tweeting Curious George
I thought I’d write a column about all the random stuff I’ve been thinking about this month.
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Fairly Spiritual: I’m not ashamed of my dyslexia
I don’t enjoy reading. I’ve been told this is the definition of dyslexia. Or at least part of…
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Fairly Spiritual: Surviving a domino crisis
Every person, at least once in their lifetime, should experience the joy of setting up and knocking down…
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Fairly Spiritual: Living in the age of extremists
It seems moderates are going the way of the Amish. We may still exist, but the culture has…
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Fairly Spiritual: Trying to determine the worth of my existence
While driving to Bellevue, to pass the time I decided to measure the worth of my life. Or…
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Fairly Spiritual: The Sinner vs. the Saint
Jesus told a parable about two men who entered a house of worship. One man spent his prayer…
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Fairly Spiritual: Contending for sleep | Bursch
I’m a restless sleeper. I don’t know if I toss at night, but I definitely turn.
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Fairly Spiritual: Free to serve someone other than myself
When we think of fulfillment, we rarely look at the area of servanthood. Very few people wake up…
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Fairly Spiritual: A world without love
My thoughts on the Apostle Paul’s words. “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,…
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Fairly Spiritual: When it comes to prayer, talk is cheap
I’m going to write some unfiltered thoughts about prayer. By the end you might be somewhat annoyed with…
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Fairly Spiritual: iGotta have it; Apple introduces an even better product than the iPad
A few months back, Apple’s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs introduced the world to a strange device with…
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Fairly Spiritual: Bringing the Easter message
Jesus Christ is God’s answer to our sins. Each and every one of us has turned away from…
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Fairly Spiritual: Thou shall mostly tell the truth
Thou shall not bear false witness … unless your false witness is in the form of an e-mail.…