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If It Looks Like a Duck . . .

If It Looks Like a Duck . . .

On April 23rd, 2013, the television network Logo TV broadcast the documentary What? I Think I’m an Animal, featuring interviews with teenagers who believe their physical human bodies do not reflect their spiritual animal identifies. These people call themselves Therians or Otherkins, people who identify, in some intrinsic way, as an animal that exists or has existed on earth. Some believe that their soul is that of an animal while others believe the cause of their animal identity is psychological….

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Forgetting My Own Beam

Forgetting My Own Beam

One summer evening when we lived in Plymouth, my family had opportunity to invite over some dear friends to spend some time swimming in the swimming pool shared by our town house association. Now the family we invited over had five children too most of which were almost identical in age to our children; we also had another thing in common, we were both loud. As we enjoyed the evening in the pool, the children of course were using their “outside…

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The Need for Constructive Criticism

The Need for Constructive Criticism

I’ll never forget the time that I was confronted by my pastor for my bad attitude. I’m not sure what I did or said that caused the confrontation, but I was a senior in high school and I remember his asking me to stay behind after some assembly we had and he talked to me about how my attitude was holding me back and that I needed to deal with it. Now how do you suppose I responded? Do you…

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