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Marvin Repinski: Music — our dreams are awakened
“There’s a song in the air! There’s a star in the sky! There’s a mother’s deep prayer; and a baby’s low cry! And the star ...
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Marvin Repinski: Can rough roads be made smooth?
“The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth.” (The Bible, Luke 3:5) Most of us in the past year have ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, December 10, 2021 5:38 pm
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Marvin Repinski: Pain, even during the holidays
There are two passages in the novel “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf, that to me, speaks to the topic of suffering, of pain. “… one ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, December 3, 2021 3:45 pm
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Marvin Repinski: A nation affirms a virtue: Gratitude
“The exceeding beauty of the earth, in her splendor of life, yields a new thought with every petal.” (Richard Jefferies) This is a week that ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, November 26, 2021 5:29 pm
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Marvin Repinski: Do I have to stay the same?
A writer of poetry has given me an idea, a possibility, for most of us. Ann Trapp has put into words her vision for more ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, November 19, 2021 5:33 pm
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Marvin Repinski: They walked in our shoes
“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand; and if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, November 12, 2021 5:37 pm
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Marvin Repinski: The Austin Symphony Orchestra sustains our souls
On Oct. 31, the Austin Symphony Orchestra brought music to the Austin area and was a bright recognition of the talented musicians that brought fascinating ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, November 5, 2021 4:18 pm
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Marvin Repinski: Restoring the glory of duty
“Taking (the lame man) by the right hand, (Peter) helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, October 29, 2021 5:49 pm
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Marvin Repinski: Taming the animal
“The desire to go home … is a desire to be whole, to know where you are, to be the point of intersection of all ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, October 22, 2021 7:55 pm
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Marvin Repinski: Maybe we are giving mixed messages
“You felt your life was not an isolated thing, but existed in all other lives, as all other lives existed within yours. There wasn’t anything ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, October 15, 2021 5:09 pm
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Marvin Repinski: The Bible and Halloween are full of ghost stories
From the Bible: “When the disciples saw him (Jesus) walking on the lake, they were terrified. II’s a ghost, they said, and cried out in ...
by Marv Repinski, Friday, October 8, 2021 4:58 pm
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Marvin Repinski: Trembling, he came into the room. ‘I lost my car keys’
David Brooks wrote in his book “Bobos in Paradise,” “We just fit ourselves into a system that rewards a certain type of achievement, and give ...
by Marv Repinski, Saturday, October 2, 2021 6:30 am
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Fields of green beans and a black lunch pail
“Have your roots and foundation in love.” (Ephesians 3:17) Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’s poem, “As a man soweth”: “We must not hope to be mowers, ...
by Marv Repinski, Saturday, September 25, 2021 6:30 am
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Marvin Repinski: The day they tore the goal posts down
“You should not gloat over your friends in the day of their misfortune, nor rejoice over people in the day of their destruction, nor boast ...
by Marv Repinski, Saturday, September 18, 2021 6:30 am
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Marvin Repinski: Why are men so mean?
“But when her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before ...