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Finding Beauty in a YouTube Video
The Piano Guys are an extremely popular group of classical musicians who perform renditions of popular songs in the most beautiful of ways. Among these is the recent “Don’t You Worry Child” piece featuring lovely Indian vocalist Shweta Subram. This video had no trouble reaching over a million views in a very short span of time. Positive comments abound in the comment area where viewers are encouraged to share their thoughts. So many are enraptured by the beauty, not only of the music and the scenery, but by the vocalist in this video. (I...
read moreAn Epic Romance
I’ve been reading this extraordinary book about a couple that are inexhaustibly dedicated to keeping the burning flame of their love alive. In the beginning of their lives together, they’re mostly unaware pagans. As their story progresses, they eventually both convert to Christianity. It’s a sublimely touching tale, to say the least. In the beginning of their lives together, they pledge to keep their love fresh and protected by “The Shining Barrier,” as they call it. Ultimately, they conclude that having children would be too much of a...
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The topic of martyrdom has been buzzing through my mind lately and I thought I’d finally post a blog about it. Webster defines the word “Martyr” as: 1.) a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion 2.) a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle 3.) victim; especially : a great or constant sufferer Martyrdom is not only suffering the torments of physical death for the sake of God. Rather, the term...
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