Ben Fike

Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) philosopher and theologian wrote: “Here, now is the right time to wrestle before the divine presence. If you stand firm, if you […]

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In the night recently I kept asking for answers to some major social, cultural and religious issues. My questions were things like, ‘Why doesn’t policy […]

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N. T. Wright, theologian and author wrote: “In the Western tradition particularly, we Christians have always thought the name of the game was to leave […]

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When I get up I push off an alarm buttonWhen I start my Cuban Coffee I push the coffee buttonWhen I sit in my recliner […]

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Only you can make all this world seem rightOnly you can make the darkness brightOnly you and you alone can thrill me like you doAnd […]

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Paul, an apostle, wrote: “For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make […]

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This was an overcast morning. I stood staring in the dark before I could see or know it was and continuing as I opened the […]

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A daily workout just becomes a routine that is part of a normal day. That is…if one has been doing a workout for a considerable […]

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A couple of months ago it felt like I got blown off course. I don’t mean totally directionless, but just not quite on course. I […]

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(Nighthawk’s retirement party is taken from ‘Sullivan Sparrow and The Safe Tree’ stories. See yesterday’s Journal entry for part one.) Nighthawk thanks everyone for the […]

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