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The Humble Heart: A Surrendered Life

David Joannes

128SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List God never desired sacrifices. He never desired burnt offerings and holidays and feasts. All he ever wanted was a broken and contrite heart. All…

I Don’t Speak American Christianese

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224SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Okay I admit it, I am confused. Maybe a little more than that. I am stupefied and astounded at the strange conversations of American…

Letters To Lorna From Liberia, Hour:93

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178SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List ExcerptΒ from Letters To Lorna From Liberia by David Joannes Hour:93 “Go get yourself some coffee, babe,” Ray Joe tells me this morning at breakfast.…

The Memories I Made Up, The Beggar

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206SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List ExcerptΒ from The Memories I Made Up by David Joannes The BeggarΒ  I have to describe my memories with words, inadequate as I know they…