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On Devotionals, or What it Means to be Devoted

December 17, 2015 Adam Setser

When I was young I used to pray for God to rescue me from the boredom of doing my devotions. All those Thees and Thous and henceforths (I grew up on the KJV) was like pouring water on the tiny flame of my faith. So I lowered my shouldered and repeated the words fake it ‘till you make it, fake it ‘till you make it.

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In Life & Faith Tags devotion, devotional, Worship

I Have Lyme Disease, and That's OK

August 21, 2015 Adam Setser

It's popular for chronically ill people to lash out at happy people for being so, well, happy. I've been guilty of that in the past, but now I just try to help others see what they don't see. If there's anything good from pain it's perspective. So here, I give some of mine. Maybe you'll benefit.

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In Life & Faith Tags chronic illness, death, devotion, cancer, Suffering, Meaning of Life

C. S. Lewis, On the Reading of Old Books

March 27, 2015 Adam Setser

"The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books."

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In Life & Faith Tags books, doctrine, devotion, classics, *C. S. Lewis, Reading, History, Top Article
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