Thoughts and Questions from Aramis Thorn: February 2021

28 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Closing Thoughts

The idea that congeals as I reach the end of this internal palaver is one that should seem obvious. We are good at denying logical thought when it suits our need. We are masters at running from the truth when we want to avoid the implications of that truth.

I will engage in a polemic here. My major premise would be that God is omnipresent. My minor premise is that God is truth. The conclusion is that one cannot escape the truth. You cannot run from the truths that are vital to understanding the Father and reconciling our relationship with him. Whether we run out of anger and hatred like Jonah or try to escape that we are loved and valued by the Father, the truth will not be conquered.

Even worship must be done in truth. The truth that I must humble myself before the Father and put all that I am or hope to be in his hands is worship. Getting in proper alignment with what the Father wishes for me creates a space wherein I can live the vital truths. The narrow way seems to become more evident with each avenue I pursue in following Christ.

I begin to see why lies do so much damage and why they are so hard to overcome. As we seek that narrow way home, it is narrow because it is simple. The commands to love the Father and each other are simple but quite narrow. They demand that we make no exceptions. The hard truth is that we must do all that we do out of love. We must seek peace to see God. We must be lovingly unoffendable to earn the right to be heard about this.

If we build all that we do on this narrow demanding truth, then we have hope that our lives will reflect Christ. In this singular pursuit we can and will find a way to create a life that is centered on Christ, fulfills us, and benefits others, Dear Reader. We will not be able to evade this truth and neither will others. “In him is where we live and move and have our being.”

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn
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Spirits are using me; larger voices callin'.
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27 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Chicken Leg Theology

Greetings Dear Reader,

My Grandfather tells a story about a church split that occurred during dinner on the grounds. The congregation had an ongoing discussion concerning predestination as it relates to redemption. Two of the deacons were severely divided on this matter.

They were sitting next to each other at a church dinner. The one deacon picked up a fried chicken leg. He pronounced, “It was predestined before the foundation of the world that on this day, at this time, I would eat this scrumptious chicken. The deacon sitting next to him who did not believe in predestination said, “It ain’t so,” grabbed the chicken leg, and ate it. The ensuing argument divided the church forever.

This story is both funny and sad. My aim is not to trod on anyone’s toes but I am also going to risk it. As I draw to the end of this series of thoughts and questions, I turn my eyes on those who believe as I do where it matters. In this, I must also examine my own heart and mind.

There is truth from which we run that gets far too little attention. If we merely look at the number of denominations in our world, we can mark places where Christ-followers have divided over faith and practice to the degree that they cut off fellowship with each other. I submit that we can run from the truth by embracing what we believe to be true and allowing it to supersede what the Father has taught us.

Maybe you are milder. Perhaps you simply express your theology by poking fun at those you believe to be wrong. Maybe we quietly look down on those who do not get it. We think that we are better than them though we would never say it. If we claim to know who the Father is and to follow his Son, we must first embrace those truths that Jesus tells us are our prime directive.

I am running from the truth if my personal theology neglects two things. The first is that my theology must place as my prime pursuit to love the Father with all that I am in all that I do. I cannot do anything theologically correct if this is not at the core of it. Second, I must love every other human, full stop. If I believe, employ, or discuss God without this foundation, I am running from the truth and chasing a lie.

I see posts often poking fun at those with differing beliefs. I submit that tagging on a “but I love you” is not enough. There is no place in our journey back to the Father for me to belittle anyone even in jest. It is unloving and can be offensive. I need to live in two very clear thoughts. If someone believes the essentials of what I believe, I must love them as a fellow follower If they do not, I must love them as someone who needs to become a fellow follower. I cannot hope to communicate the love of Christ and the grace of the Father if I am poking them with my theological stick. When I replace showing the love of God in every situation with standing on a theological soapbox, I am clearly running from the truth, Dear Reader. There is no life and light in this. There is not peace. In truth, this thinking has caused wars.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

If you do not have a clear understanding of the impeccable nature of the hypostatic union, we have nothing to talk about.

26 February 2021

Second Thoughts ~ End It NOW

Greetings Dear Reader,

This will be brief. We need to remember that there is still slavery in our world. Both adults and children are trafficked in staggering numbers throughout the world. We need to raise our voices and demand an end to it.

Whether it is slave labor, sex trafficking, or domestic servitude, we have all encountered the victims of this horror. What would you pay to set a human free? These types of trade would not exist if we did not provide the market for them. When we indulge in the benefits of the money harvested by those who traffic humans, we create a demand. It is not just sex workers. It is underpaid, unbenefited service staff. It is buying items from countries where human rights are ignored.

If we are going to be faithful followers of Christ, we must raise our voices so that the demand is diminished. We must vote with our dollars not to purchase any product that is a result of human rights violations. We know what these things are. We have to shine a light on it and end it. The END IT movement exists to shine a light on slavery. We too must join them in ending this human horror.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

Human trafficking is always human suffering.

Running from Truth ~ Nowhere Fast

Greetings Dear Reader,

The song at the end of this post is from the movie, Streets of Fire. In 1984 one could make Action-Adventure Rock Operas. I feel it is an underrated movie with an amazing cast of actors who would go places. The first song in the movie is called nowhere fast. I want to ponder for a moment the vital truth hidden in this obscure song.

When we run from the truth, we are making mindless laps, spinning the hamster wheel, and fighting for the chance to be last. There are places where being last is dangerous. It seems like the world is in a race to the bottom whilst claiming to be fighting for truth and justice. Instead, I see us fighting for the chance to be last.

We think we have outgrown simple truths like love your neighbor and love the Father with all you are. We say that we want everyone to have freedom as long as that freedom is the kind of freedom we like. You can have any kind of ice cream you want as long as it is chocolate. We run from the truth that everything we do, build, or possess is only the Father extending grace to us so that we can find his love.

The idea is that within this song are some lines of truth that reveal the kernel of my thinking on the subject. I tried to push away the idea of including this in the series of thoughts but that would be running from vital truth. So, here it is. The intent of the song is that she is singing about a guy. That is fine. I believe in authorial intent. The line that possesses eternal truth also applies to a “guy” but that guy is Jesus.

When she sings “And you'll always be the only thing that I just can't be without.” It touches me at my core. The only thing I need is Jesus. Any equivocation on this is running from the truth. Since all truth is God’s truth, I must embrace that anything less than Christ alone is shading the facts. The simple truths seem to be the most profound for me. I am sure you reading this and thinking, well yes.

Here it is though; if this is true then our application of it is very poor. Living in any moment without the presence of Christ is fighting for the chance to be last. It is thinking we are fine without Jesus for that moment. This is going nowhere fast in direct opposition to the truth. We still, however, double down on the accelerator to run from this fact. We may only do it for an instant or maybe for years. We still do it.

I am increasingly convinced of the simplicity of the Gospel. It is this: Love the Father with all that you are. Follow the Son in faith in every moment. Love your fellow humans and help them along the way. What is so genuinely amazing about all of it is that the Father promises us the grace and mercy to do this. He then gives us the will and power to do it through the Spirit. We will look at how theology can be running from truth tomorrow. For today, Dear Reader, give the song a listen and consider how running from truth gets us nowhere fast.

Nowhere Fast

Lying in your bed and on a Saturday night
You're sweatin' buckets and it's not even hot
But your brain has got the message
And it's sending it out
To every nerve and every muscle you've got

You've got so many dreams
That you don't know where to put 'em
So you'd better turn a few of 'em loose
Your body's got a feeling that it's starting to rust
You'd better rev it up and put it to use

And I don't know how I ever thought that I could make it all alone
When you only make it better
And it better be tonight
And we'll fly away on those angel wings of chrome in your daddy's car
Waiting there for you tonight
I'll be there for you tonight

Even if you don't have anywhere to go
You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll
And even if you don't have anywhere to go
You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll
And your speed
Is all you'll ever need
All you'll ever need to know
Darlin', darlin'

You and me we're goin' nowhere slowly
And we've gotta get away from the past
There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
But we should be goin' nowhere fast

Everybody's goin' nowhere slowly
They're only fighting for the chance to be last
There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
But we should be goin' nowhere fast
It's so much better goin' nowhere fast

Stalkin' in the shadows by the light of the moon
It's like a prison and the night is a cell
Goin' anywhere has gotta be heaven tonight
'Cause stayin' here has gotta be hell
Dyin' in the city like a fire on the water
Let's go runnin' on the back of the wind
There's gotta be some action on the face of the earth
And I've gotta see your face once again

And I don't know where I ever got the bright idea that I was cool
So alone and independent
But I'm depending on you now
And you'll always be the only thing that I just can't be without
And I'm out for you tonight
I'm comin' out for you tonight

Even if you don't have anywhere to go
You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll (ready to roll)
Even if you don't have anywhere to go
You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll
And your speed
Is all you'll ever need
All you'll ever need to know
Darlin', darlin'

You and me we're goin' nowhere slowly
And we've gotta get away from the past
There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
But we should be goin' nowhere fast

Everybody's goin' nowhere slowly
They're only fighting for the chance to be last
There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
But we should be goin' nowhere fast

Godspeed, Godspeed, Godspeed, Speed us away
Godspeed, Godspeed, Godspeed, Speed us away
Godspeed, Godspeed, Godspeed, Speed us away
(We're goin' nowhere fast) Godspeed
(We're goin' nowhere fast) Godspeed
(We're goin' nowhere fast) Godspeed, Speed us away

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

“And you'll always be the only thing that I just can't be without.”

25 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Hamster Wheels

Greetings Dear Reader,

I do not think that hamsters think about exercise. I know that they will spend a great deal of time on little wheels rapidly running nowhere. “Hamster wheels allow hamsters to cover the miles and miles of distance they would in the wild, within the confined space of a cage. Despite most cages having a small surface area, a hamster can still release all the energy it needs using an exercise wheel.” (Dwarf Hamster Guide) We have made this action synonymous with futility. Yesterday, I pondered the way in which we run laps around lies. I wish today to examine our routines. Specifically, I am wishing to examine the things we do “for God” that are habits.

I am not saying that habits are wrong on their own. Good habits build good lives. Routine things must not become routine and mean little else. I think that we can become victims to the lie that our religious habits make us faithful spiritual beings. It is our religious routine that can kill our faith and following.

If we ponder the cadence of our Sunday worship, we expect things to run a certain way. We even get bothered if the routine is changed. Over the last year, many of our church habits have been changed or challenged because of social distancing. It brings into question the reasons why we do what we do as Christ-followers.

I have to examine the why of things so that I am not losing the holiness in the habits. The prayer, the worship, and the teaching all matter. If I routinely do the things that everyone else does without engaging with the Father, then I am not actually doing the thing. My prayer must not be simply listening to whatever prayer is being offered from the platform. My singing must be from my heart not just melodically repeating words. Bible reading cannot be coldly mouthing the words that have eternal value.

The hamster is running because hamsters are designed to run. They are doing what the Father built them to do. We are designed to love God and enjoy him forever. If I let that become routine and rote, I fail to love and enjoy. My mourning prayer, my Bible reading, and my interactions with others must all be moments of loving the Father. They must all be acts of worship. They must be done out of our determination to do what we are designed to do as creations of the living God.

It is not the habits that the problem, Dear Reader. It is failing to be in the moment with those habits. It is making the things of God mindless habits that are dangerous. It is failing to acknowledge the Father in every heartbeat, every thought, and every action that is the routine I must adopt and live. It is seeking Christ and his desire for us within each step that makes our journey work. That is the routine; the hamster wheel I must run. Anything else is running from the truth and getting nowhere.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

We handle holy things and forget that they are holy.

24 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Lapping the Lies

Greetings Dear Reader,

In many families there are stories we tell about our elders that we believe are true. Sometimes they turn out to be false. I had a family member who told stories for years of his time as a military pilot. Others would repeat these stories sighting his heroic acts. After his death, it saddened me to discover that he never served in the military at all. When I told other family members the truth, they insisted that my information from the government was in error. Some continue to tell these tales as part of this man’s legacy.

One of the ways we run from the truth is by perpetuating generational lies. We have stories in our families that are handed down year after year. Our shared story becomes part of our shared identity. The history may not be true but we keep running with the lies. We will lap the truth with the legends and make them part of our choices about faith and following.

When we seek to follow Christ, we must seek him in truth. Those who believe and those who do not run laps around lies that do not represent who Christ truly is. There are those who carry with them the belief that hatred and condemnation are the ways in which we should conduct our faith. Some of us make laps around lies that do not represent who Jesus is.

I do not ever pursue a religion. I try to follow Jesus. I have gone through times where I bought lies that did not represent who he is and who he wishes us to become. Lapping lies is another way in which we run from the truth. We drink down things that are not true to satisfy our own desires for faith and following. We remake Christ in our own image and so our faith becomes idolatry.

We run laps with the lies to promote our position thus running from the truth. Who Jesus is and knowing him matters much more than any of our philosophies, theologies, and policies. We must follow Christ in truth. We must constantly examine who Christ is and live in that truth. Anything less, Dear Reader is choosing to promote lies that hinder our faith and following. It is running from the truth in ever-wearying circles of futility.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

Some of our legends are lies.

23 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Jonah Juice

Greetings Dear Reader,

I promised you all and my friend Bill that I would get to Jonah. In case you do not know the story, it is about a guy called by God to go to Nineveh and tell them to repent. It is worth the read but there are spoilers ahead. Stop and give it a read if you wish but please return.

You see Jonah runs the other way. He tries to flee from God because he does not want to go to Nineveh. God has him swallowed by a great fish (not a whale) until he repents and agrees to go to Nineveh. He is greatly successful and the people of the city listen to him. We find Jonah sitting outside the city, mad at God for not destroying it.

Jonah did not run out of fear. He knew that God is merciful and loving. He wants Nineveh destroyed. He is running from the truths of grace and mercy. Here is where I have to examine my own heart. Are there people I wish to see destroyed or judged by God? I have to wish for everyone to see their need for the Father’s love. My heart must be one that wishes for nobody to perish.

Let us look then at the application of that. It is uncomfortable. It means that the people who have hurt you, the ones who have betrayed you, lied to you, or been abusive to you are all in need of seeing the Father’s love for them. The politicians you hate need this as well. Anyone that we think is undeserving of God’s mercy needs to be a reminder that we too are undeserving. Comparing sin is an exercise in running from the truth.

Whoever springs to mind when we ponder those undeserving of the Father’s forgiveness, we must pray for them to find it. I have to remind myself that the greatest revenge is that others see their need for God and run to him. He will deal with their wrongdoing. I get the privilege of forgiving. I am allowed to revel in recalling my own reclamation and journey of redemption.

The end of Jonah’s story is a sad one. Jonah is chided by God for his poor attitude. He is still running from the truths of grace and mercy. Sometimes we do as well. I must see everyone as someone who I want to find the truth of the Gospel. I want them to see their need for Christ and embrace him. I will fail and so will you, Dear Reader. The beauty of it is that we can realize our failure and recover from it. That is the other side of the story of Jonah. The entire city realized their need for God and embraced him. That is the happy ending of this sad tale.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

Jonah would rather die than see others get mercy.

22 February 2021

Second Thoughts ~ The Near Horizon

Greetings Dear Reader,

In keeping with my commitments, I am going to ask you to do something for me. I need to raise visibility to keep moving forward with my goals of independent writing and nomadic living. I am not asking you for money, but if you are interested in that, I can show you how to be a part of that.

What I do wish is for you to help me achieve more visibility. If my requests are too forward, please forgive me. I want to suggest some things that are easy to do. First, if you read my post and you like it, share it. The best way to do that is to say something like, “I enjoyed this post,” and share it on your page. If you have the time you could even go to my web page, https://aramisthorn.com/blog/ and share it from there.

If all my friends would share one post a week the benefit would be enormous. The goal is the freedom to write more, publish more, and benefit others more through this. Writers work alone but cannot succeed alone. I am going to list a few other things that would make a difference.

Sign up on my fan page to receive notifications about events and appearances. You can also sign up for my newsletter on my web page. I only ask for a name and email address. I never share the data with anyone. It is at the bottom of the page.

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If you wish to ask me about anything, you can always contact me at aramisthorn@aramisthorn.com . I promise to answer you. It may take a minute, but I will. I welcome your thoughts and questions about my writing, writing in general, or the journey of following Christ. I will keep writing but I need your help to succeed.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

I really need some simple help.

Running from Truth ~ Endurance

Greetings Dear Reader,

We have made running from this truth a downhill event. There is little resistance to running from it and little visible consequence. It may be that running from love is the most costly truth from which we flee.

As I often share with my friend Tripp, it ain’t easy. It takes effort and choice to keep loving others. It becomes easier as we practice defaulting to love day in and day out but we must build endurance. We must choose to love as a default setting until it becomes one. We must choose it even for those who make it an uphill battle.

We seem to choose to run from this truth because it does not serve our lower desires. We want to embrace things that we think will satisfy and sacrifice love for the Father and each other in the process. This is why friendships dissolve, marriages are abandoned, and enemies remain enemies. At some point, we choose something over love. We flee from the truth that love never fails.

People will try to sell the lie that love is not enough. I submit that I cannot build anything of worth without love at the core of that construction. Paul makes this clear when he is reminding us of the importance and preeminence of love. If we do not apply love first to every situation, we are not obeying the two greatest commandments.

Love for others is a requirement for peace. It is the fulcrum we use to wedge away hatred, anger, and bitterness. It seems, however, that we are in a world-wide race away from this truth. Since I began making the pursuit of love the foundation of all I do, I have seen that it is not easy. The other thing I see is that when we succeed, we see how vastly in need of genuine love others are.

I constantly see places where I could show more love. I find that as it becomes my habit to run toward this truth, I long for others to feel loved. I desire to show love in any way that I can. I still fail. Those failures are the opportunity to learn how to love more accurately; how to run toward love more deliberately.

That is what it takes, Dear Reader. We must love on purpose. Every thought and action must be bathed in the idea that we want to transmit the love of Christ to others. This is the truth from which we run when we hold on to anger, hurt, and bitterness. This is the truth we dismiss when we collect wrongs and enemies. The entire journey home is to be based on pursuing loving the Father with all that we are. Then, we must love each other the way he loves us. Anything else; anything less, is running from the truth.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

Fleeing from this truth can make everything weak.

21 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Bungee Running

Greetings Dear Reader,

When I posted my opening thoughts on this, my friend Bill responded with, “Get ready to be swallowed by a metaphorical fish.” First, I would say that any fish I consider in this discussion would not be metaphorical. I believe that Jonah fled because of the truth and we will get to him in a couple of days.

Running from the truth takes on many forms and some of them involve abandoning what we know to be true. This morning I am pondering those who are running from the truth because they do not wish to embrace the implications of that truth. I have a friend who has abandoned following Christ because of a truth he will not live. He knows that if he is to follow Christ he has to forgive and love some people that he has rejected.

This type of running, I call Bungee running. Those who engage in it still believe. They reject belief on the outside but what they really do is run from truth that they do not wish to accept. It is like the event where you strap into a Bungee harness and run away from the anchor. Eventually, we run out of strength or slack. Then the potential energy of the Bungee takes over and we are snapped back.

I have done this with truth and the snapback is painful. We are ripped back to where we are supposed to be and usually very tired when we get there. The secret of this game is not to play. We can run but we will fail. The truth will demand we return to it. We can, perhaps, spend our lives running from the truth but we will only die tired. If we have a truth we wish to avoid, it is wiser to embrace it and obey it.

For Christ-followers, this means love, forgiveness, mercy, grace, and peace. It requires that I embrace the truth of loving the Father in all that I do. It demands that I leave offenses behind and not take up new ones because of that love. It insists that I live in peace with all men as much as possible. Bungee running will not work because we cannot do that and follow Christ.

I have to keep short accounts with truths from which I would run. I especially need to refrain from running from truths that I believe in but do not wish to live. That translates to disobedience. It transfers to using my life for the wrong things, Dear Reader. I have given my life to Christ. If I do anything that is not pursuing that commitment, I am Bungee running. The snap will come and it will not be pleasant. I find it, therefore, best not to run.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

You can run but you will only die tired.

20 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Opening Thoughts

Greetings Dear Reader,

In the summer of 2016, I wrote a series of Second Thoughts on the song, The Southern Cross. That link will take you to my BLOG archive. I will post the song below. I love the song and it sometimes becomes my earworm in residence.

I woke up with it in my head yesterday and the context was a single couplet:
“'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small.
But it's as big as the promise; the promise of a comin' day.”

As is my way, I immediately asked what truth I might be evading. That answer will come in a few days after I lead up to it. Instead, I immediately gained a larger perspective. As you know, I am seeking peace this year to add to my foundation of loving always and being lovingly unoffendable. It occurs to me that when we lack these things, it is easy for those around us to run from the truth. We give them excuses no matter how invalid those excuses may be in reality.

I hear in my circle of Christ-followers concern over the vast number of people who are walking away from faith. I know that I have seen this and it concerns me. I feel, however, that one does not simply walk away from faith; one runs from truth. Most of the time it is the result of poor human examples that result in others abandoning Christ. It can also be things that one must give up in order to follow Christ.

What I wish to do is ponder some of these truths from which we run and hopefully fasten them deep within my heart and mind. I will get to the one that I elude to my detriment. I will also suggest some truths that we must embrace if we are to follow Christ well. What I would suggest first, Dear Reader is that you give the song a listen.

Ponder how we have fallen as regards truth. If you think we have not, then that too is a truth from which you might be running. When I first wrote about this song, my beloved friend, Joy, questioned this line: “Spirits are using me, larger voices calling.” I submit that we are used by spirits always. We choose based on following the truth whether it is the Holy Spirit or the other kind. As we journey through this, I cherish your thoughts and questions.

The Southern Cross – Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Got out of town on a boat
Goin' to Southern islands.
Sailing a reach
Before a following sea.
She was making for the trades
On the outside,
And the downhill run
To Papeete.

Off the wind on this heading
Lie the Marquesas.
We got eighty feet of the waterline.
Nicely making way.
In a noisy bar in Avalon
I tried to call you.
But on a midnight watch, I realized
Why twice you ran away.

Think about how many times I have fallen
Spirits are using me; larger voices callin'.
What heaven brought you and me Cannot be forgotten.
I have been around the world,
Lookin' for that woman, girl,
Who knows love can endure.
And you know it will.
And you know it will.

When you see the Southern Cross
For the first time
You understand now
Why you came this way
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from
Is so small.
But it's as big as the promise
The promise of a comin' day.

So, I'm sailing for tomorrow
My dreams are a dyin'.
And my love is an anchor tied to you
Tied with a silver chain.
I have my ship
And all her flags are a-flyin'
She is all that I have left
And music is her name.

So, we cheated and we lied
And we tested
And we never failed to fail
It was the easiest thing to do.
You will survive being bested.
Somebody fine
Will come along
Make me forget about loving you.
And the Southern Cross.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

“The truth you are running from might be so small but it’s as big as the promise; the promise of a coming day.” - Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Thoughts and Questions from Aramis Thorn

28 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Closing Thoughts

27 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Chicken Leg Theology

26 February 2021

Second Thoughts ~ End It NOW

Running from Truth ~ Nowhere Fast

25 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Hamster Wheels

24 February 2021

23 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Jonah Juice

22 February 2021

Second Thoughts ~ The Near Horizon

Running from Truth ~ Endurance

21 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Bungee Running

20 February 2021

Running from Truth ~ Opening Thoughts

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