Can a creature live too long on earth? What is earth but the dirt we’re made of? Is it to be counted so dear then That gnarled fingers Won’t be persuaded To loose their grip? Solid forms of life’s familiar things Tempt us to lose sight of worlds unseen, Darkening our eyes by long shadows, Slowing progress Because of failure To see ahead. Earth-bound stuff is not without its charm; In dark matter a faint light appears. (Small imaginations shrink from more.) Without earth’s stuff, We would not know of Eternity. But it is still dust, clay, ash– all dirt […]

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By Teri Ong As the cost of going to college continues to go up nationwide at a rate of 5 to 15% per year, more people– especially parents– are questioning the value of spending four years and many thousand dollars to get a degree from an institution of “higher education.” For Christian parents, the question is– or at least should be– more complicated than merely where they can get the most “bang for the buck.” Christian parents are often times not just paying large amounts of money for their children to be enabled to earn large amounts of money; too […]

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