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2019-07-18T21:37:54-04:00

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A Debut Novel and the Creative Process

Last updated on: July 18, 2019 at 9:37 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

I signed a contact with a publisher to publish my first novel. I’m thrilled, is what people say. I am thrilled. But on a deeper and much wider level, I remain pessimistic. As an actor, when I’m in a commercial or movie or TV show, during the first part of the shoot I expect to be fired and replaced, once they realize they’ve made a mistake. (It happens. Just ask Eric Stoltz.) It’s only after the production reaches a halfway... Read more

Faith Hope and Baseball: A Novel

Frank Sinatra

Ira Glass

Walter Mosley

2019-07-26T15:43:18-04:00

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“Christians” Who Don’t Follow Christ Aren’t Christians

Last updated on: July 26, 2019 at 3:43 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

To be Christian— to believe in Jesus —means trying to be like Jesus, right? According to Merriam-Webster: By the most basic definition, a Christian follows Christ. Robert Jeffress, pastor of the 13,000-member First Baptist Dallas, recently criticized the Democratic Party as looking to an “imaginary God.” A confidant of President Trump, Jeffress and others on the Christian Radical Right have asserted that Trump, a man with no understanding of Jesus whatsoever, is a Christian, while Democrats quoting scripture and affirming... Read more

2019-07-18T19:43:00-04:00

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The U.S. Migrant Crisis is a Test for Christians

Last updated on: July 18, 2019 at 7:43 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez left El Salvador with dreams of giving his 23-month-old daughter Valeria a better life in the United States. His journey ended on the bank of the Rio Grande when their lifeless bodies washed up on the Texas border. Their deaths were sadly similar to the death of three-year-old Alan Kurdi, who drowned in the Mediterranean on Sept. 2, 2015. Photos of his body on the beach symbolized the refugee crisis in Syria. Refugees aren’t generalities or... Read more

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2019-06-09T01:55:17-04:00

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“If you want to be wet you must get into the water”

Last updated on: June 9, 2019 at 1:55 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

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2024-05-22T21:18:35-04:00

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Inspiration from Mr. Rogers

Last updated on: May 22, 2024 at 9:18 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

2019-06-09T01:38:19-04:00

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7 Quotes from Mr. Rodgers to Lift Your Spirit

Last updated on: June 9, 2019 at 1:38 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

“Love is at the root of everything,” Mr. Rogers says at the beginning of the documentary, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, “all learning, all relationships— love, or the lack of it. And what we see and hear on the screen is part of who we become.” To read a review of the documentary about Mr. Rogers, visit “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Follow the link below to buy the movie, Read more

Won’t You Be My Neighbor'

2019-06-08T15:36:05-04:00

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“A Special Day of Prayer” is an Abomination

Last updated on: June 8, 2019 at 3:36 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Franklin Graham is doubling down on supporting evil. Make no mistake Graham is on the side of evil when he supports Donald Trump. Donald Trump is far beyond the conservative politics of your grandfather’s Grand Old Party. He is undercutting the greatest allies of the United States economically and politically. Trump supports dictators and murderous despots. Trump policies systematically attack the civil rights of minorities and the marginalized. Trump policy demands a 17 year-old girl must deliver her rapist’s child... Read more

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2019-05-25T23:21:32-04:00

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The War Prayer, by Mark Twain

Last updated on: May 25, 2019 at 11:21 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

The War Prayer by Mark Twain It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched... Read more

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Mark Twain

2019-05-12T18:37:37-04:00

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More Wisdom from Rachel Held Evans

Last updated on: May 12, 2019 at 6:37 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

“I need the Eucharist because I need to begin each week with open hands. I need the Eucharist because I need to practice letting go and letting in. I need the Eucharist because I need to quit keeping score… It’s a scary thing to open your hands. It’s a scary thing to receive, to say yes. I resist it every time. But somehow, whether it sneaks in through a piece of bread, a sip of wine, or a hatching bud,... Read more

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2020-01-09T00:04:34-05:00

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The Wisdom of Rachel Held Evans

Last updated on: January 9, 2020 at 12:04 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

“Now cracks a noble heart… And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!” On May 4, 2019, a prominent Christian voice fell silent after a brief illness. Rachel Held Evans was 37. Born a fundamental evangelical, she grew in her faith to join the Episcopal Church. Her writing career revolved around her journey as she dismantled and rebuilt her Christian faith. One of her final tweets before falling ill represents her theology, her humor, and the difficulties she faced... Read more

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