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The Opening

Posted on August 23, 2022August 9, 2022 by ptsblog
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by Andrew Taylor-Troutman The Opening … where the newly open view is good, I can see is what I was pointing to, what I was saying quietly to Myself — Ross Gay 1 15-501 to I-64 to Highway 421 North — all familiar to me, a Tarheel for the last five years and my first…

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Tips for Christian Tenderness

Posted on August 2, 2022July 19, 2022 by ptsblog
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Like many men of a certain age, I’ve recently taken up the hobby of smoking meat. With the gift of a large pellet smoker by my spouse and the recipes and coaching of my brother-in-law, I am in my second summer of preparing pulled pork, smoked chicken and salmon, and tender slices of brisket for…

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What Happens After We Die?

Posted on September 22, 2020January 22, 2021 by ptsblog
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  Is there life after death? The question has haunted humans for ages. It is the stuff of existential crises, and some answer to the question is provided in nearly every form of religion the world has known. Even for the irreligious, the unanswerable question of the Great Beyond looms. Blaise Pascal, the 17th-century philosopher,…

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