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I have always enjoyed hope. Not in the deep spiritual sense, as in awaiting the great reunion with our Lord in heaven.  Something closer to a young boy shaking the boxes under the Christmas tree in early December.  Every fiber of his being quivering in anticipation, awaiting the great joy wrapped in red ribbons and shiny green [...]

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Obedience. This word is hopelessly in need of a PR campaign. The synonyms are hardly an improvement: compliance, submission, deference. Even the virtue of Patience fairs better in the Christian vocabulary of prayer. This shouldn’t surprise us. I can’t recall the last time I anxiously awaited the next opportunity to obey. I do recall [...]