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  1. Enemies with Benefits

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    07/19/13
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    Indeed, our Lord pronounced no beatitude upon the man who is loved by his wife and cherished by his children, but He does say, "Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me," (Mt 5:11).

  2. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Lies

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    07/11/13
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    On that day the mourners were shocked to discover that behind the veneer of her bright smile lurked a fathomless darkness, whose depths she made manifest only when she despaired of life in this world.

  3. Praying in Tears, Snot, and Screams

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    06/27/13
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    I was full of pain and empty of speech, babbling like a baby who knows he hurts but can’t explain where or why or what he needs to assuage the anguish. Here was the sheer helplessness of being unable to communicate with God in this moment of deepest desperation.

  4. A Compartmentalized Life: Keeping God in His Place

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    06/24/13
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    I don’t need to watch a blood-soaked story on CNN or visit someone of death row to familiarize myself with the beast of depravity crouched within the human heart. I just need to look in the mirror, to stare deeply into the eyes that are a window to a soul that has journeyed down dark paths whose only illumination comes from the fires of hell.

  5. When Fathers Are Failures

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    06/16/13
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    I lack the wisdom, and the experience, to counsel those who have been hurt so deeply. There is no pain like the pain of being mistreated by those who, above all others, you expect to love you unconditionally.
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