Daily Wonder 9-24-13
Scripture: Jeremiah 50:5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten. Thought for the Day: Jeremiah urges people to voluntarily turn toward God. Many theologians, and especially those who misread Paul, sick have […]
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Monday Meditation: Holy God of life and light, generic thank you for your presence here today. We feel our eternal connection to you, and through you, find the strength to be a light in the darkness of the world. Surrounded by weapons of destruction, we pray for peace. In the midst of suffering, and poverty, […]
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The Ballet, Part 2: Noise The voice disappeared as a meteor made contact and shook every home in the enclave to its foundations. Wherever this one hit, it was close, and it was big. Most of the time, the meteors were the size of basketballs. They did some damage, but in general the storms passed […]
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The Ballet, shop Part 2: Noise Meteor storms were fairly common. Over the years, as the state created more and more pollution in the name of growth and profit, the atmosphere had grown dangerously thin. As a consequence, more debris from space made it to earth before burning up in the sky. In the parts […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 9-18-13
The Ballet, buy viagra Part 2: Noise In truth, the state had always done what it wanted, anyway. All any of the companies that ran the government had to do was purchase votes. For a new house, a new car, a new vid screen, an entirely new life, the state could get everything it demanded. […]
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The Ballet, sickness Part 2: Noise (continued) For most of the children in the enclaves, no rx life was good. The corporate state knew that without a firm foundation of children, pharm the highly regulated and controlled society they’d created would topple like bowling pins hit by a canon ball. The threat of war had […]
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Micah 4:3-4 (NET) He will arbitrate between many peoples and settle disputes between many distant nations. They will beat their swords into plowshares, diagnosis and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, view and they will no longer train for war. Each will sit under his own grapevine or […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 9-13-13
The Ballet, online Part 5 Miriam left the station and started walking to her office. The state had retrofitted every building in town with electro-synthetic screens much like the ones on the train, rx only on the buildings the ads, purchase exhortations to join iGod, and political messages were 200 feet tall and as long […]
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The Ballet, tadalafil Part 4 She put her briefcase under her seat and slipped on a pair of state-provided Googles, a mash-up of eyeglasses, headphones, and brain stem stimulation that, for the most part, allowed her to shut out the rest of the world by choosing any scene she liked. Googles, named for the company […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 9-11-13
The Ballet, unhealthy Part 3 The walk to the train station was the last quiet moment of the day. She breathed deeply to take in the crisp, clean morning air, to listen to the sounds of the birds, of children leaving their homes for school, of couples saying goodbye for the day. Once on the […]
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