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“We’re actors—we’re the opposite of people!” The Player
Opposite: adjective, noun, adverb, preposition. Let’s take a look at the noun in a play, Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Actors: the opposite of people “We’re actors – we’re the opposite of people!” states The Player in Tom Stoppard’s...
You Have a Calling: how I discovered and fulfilled mine
1973 college graduation 2001, last Texas Christmas 2024, our calling With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed...
What things do I want to accumulate, acquire, gather, build up?
Dirt, dog fur, bugs, and weeds accumulate regularly at our mountain house here in the Blue Ridge. That’s why I clean every day and weed daily in the spring, summer, and fall—weather permitting. But during the weeks of my recovery from surgery, I fell...