Randy Elrod's Blog, page 30

Family Is NOT Everything

A few impromptu thoughts about family the day after Thanksgiving. We should not beat ourselves up for the depression and dejection many of us feel this morning. The western civilization (and in my...

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Loveless Children

Some children cannot love their fathers. They find them annoying. Or embarrassing. Or unsettling. They’re irritated by their fathers because they’ve turned out differently than they had expected....

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I Have A Mental Illness (Well, sort of)

I read books every day. It’s a sickness. I’ve tried therapy but I’m afraid it’s untreatable. It may be hard to believe, but for fifty-six of my sixty-one years, I have rarely if ever missed a...

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FOMO

Now that Gina and I have returned to civilization and downtown living after almost five years in the isolated wilderness of the Appalachian foothills, we…

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Quest: Exploring Your Creative, Emotional, and Spiritual Potential

A four-part guided experience spanning four months offered by Creative Community, Inc and made possible in part by a gift from the Rod and Eileen…

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Why This Creative Fled The Church

(A four-minute read) In the past three decades over five million white adults have left the church. These stark numbers come from recent surveys by…

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Ten Crucial Steps To Keep Trump and Zuckerburg Away From Your Privates

1) Stop Using Google Now—If you use Gmail and use Google to search the web, Google knows more about you than any other institution. And…

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A Distant Memory

A two-minute read.   I’ve heard about people who can’t remember the face of their spouse who died. I get that. I have two daughters.…

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Finding Freedom and Clarity in A World of Chaos

A four-minute read.   We live in a chaotic world. America had 251 mass shootings (in which four or more people were shot) in the…

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Party Over Faith

The majority of today’s American Evangelicals have chosen to honor a political party over the teachings of their Bible. Trump and the Republicans have gained…

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