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Day 4: Excerpt from The Cheesebringer
One of the things I’m doing over the next month is sharing excerpts from long form writings I have written that I hope to one day potentially publish. There will be 4 more posts like this so if you see the word excerpt, it is going to be from something I have written that is…
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Tony
My dad Anthony (Tony) Louis Passaro Jr. was born on August 23, 1950 over a month premature. He was the only child of my grandmother Mary and grandfather Anthony L Passaro Sr. My grandma had several prior miscarriages before the birth of her only child. From the little I know of his birth, I know…
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My Father, the Hero
About 6 years ago, at Pennington Assembly of God, members of the staff recorded videos of our fathers listening to us answering questions about what it was like to be raised and loved by our dads and the instances in which we as sons did things that were unbecoming of the fearfully wonderful men we…
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The Night We Walked on Water
Impetuosity is a word I have often heard associated with Peter. It is a word that would seem to accurately describe James and John (the Sons of Thunder) when their inclination was to call fire down from Heaven to burn a city. I think that impetuosity has two sides. Often we are so preoccupied with…
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Celebrating 250!
My last blog post was my 250th blog post! That’s kind of exciting. This blog since its inception in 2012 has averaged about 25 posts a year. That does not seem like very many to be honest. Some years I had more to say than others. This post will be kind of like a greatest…
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Prose: Simple-Hearted
In the spring, it became apparent we had lost each other for quite some time. I had become rote in my ability to disappoint. You had become distant before and after discussion on top of discussion. Together we suffered and our affection caught glaucoma. Nearness and touch gave way to a glance that at times…
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21. Trope
1. 5:45 alarm I snooze twice bathroom things find the cleanest pair of pants and least obtrusive shirt grab phones and keys, and leave Drive, work or something to that degree watch the stocks then the clock Leave as soon as possible 2. Teeter between torcher and thanksgiving I have been awful to everyone this…
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Sing with what we Got: Habakkuk 3
What we have in Christ is so much more than what we’ve lost. This might be hard to believe, harder to feel, and sometimes we are not at all able to see it, perhaps even moreso now in this season. Which means now more than ever remembering and hearing what God has done is so…
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18. Dissent
Love used to be stories: Knights win princesses Cowboys untie damsels Savages capture concubines Exchanges of property and wealth the brokerage of Catherine of Braganza Love was a trade When it was romanticized sometimes it started in the schoolyard or the fields sweethearts and youthful innocence held them like glue sticks The working class and…
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Watching, Waiting, Woes: Habakkuk 2
It might be hard to believe or receive, but one could make the case that prayer is the most effective gift given to humanity to bring about change. Some would rather attribute change to talent, charisma, and strong work ethic, but more often than not, it is the prayers of those in right standing with…
The Reconstructed 