Monthly Archives: September 2017

• The Inscrutable God

  Posted on September 25, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

  There is a joke that goes like this. A grizzled old man and a teen were having a conversation. The man said, “You young people today. All of you are ignorant and apathetic. Why is that?” The teen shrugged and responded, “I don’t know and I don’t care.” That was the charge against God by […]

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• Forgive Me Not

  Posted on September 12, 2017 by sdgale in Finding Forgiveness.

  There is a debate going on. No surprise there. But this one is more low key than ESS or DACA and without the vitriolic comment threads. It’s in response to the question of whether we should forgive someone who does not ask for our forgiveness, or does not show repentance in the asking. The reasoning […]

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• Six Symptoms of Spiritual Heart Failure

  Posted on September 8, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

  I was on the tennis court, ready to receive serve, when I felt dizzy. The next thing I hear is the staticky radio voices of emergency personnel as I am being wheeled on a gurney to the waiting ambulance. That set me on an unplanned crash course on heart disease that included knowing symptoms of […]

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