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All My Stories


Faith
Faith smells a flower in winter, when all is dormant and dead; Sees beyond tangible darkness a glorious sunrise...

cjoywarner
Aug 15
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Who Knows?
Life knows some hours of poetry But most of them are prose-- Some treasured notes of symphony, Far more of monotones....

cjoywarner
Aug 15
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To Walk at Night
Cooled air summons under starlight . . . night bugs pulse minor triads; slugs glide shiny trails in the streetlight between shadows . . ....

cjoywarner
Aug 10
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Confession
I love the calm, slate-gray mornings After a middle-night thunderstorm When rain still drips from a dome of trees, How...

cjoywarner
Aug 10
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The Big Green Button
Many years ago when I was only six years into my teaching, a little episode happened at school that I have remembered all these years. I...

cjoywarner
Aug 10
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Promises of the Patriarchs: Israel's "Afterward"
Introduction : Solomon said that the end of a thing is better than the beginning (Ecclesiastes 7:8). In some ways, I agree,...

cjoywarner
Aug 3
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The Jesus of The Chosen, Part II
A "More Human" Jesus? I have long wrestled with Dallas Jenkins' portrayal of Jesus in The Chosen. From what little I have watched in...

cjoywarner
Jul 28
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The Jesus of The Chosen, Part I
An "Authentic" Jesus? In a show designed to entertain, I think it is fair to ask whether this purpose also applies to its...

cjoywarner
Jul 28
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The Perfection of Pain: Joseph's Triumph
Imagine a conversation between the Apostle Paul and Joseph in heaven where they discuss Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work...

cjoywarner
Jul 27
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The Idea behind The Chosen
Introduction: The Internet, smartphones, GPS, digital cameras--these staples of daily life were foreign to most of us two generations...

cjoywarner
Jul 23
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