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I Keep Drumming

I’ve been marching to the beat of a different drummer for as long as I can remember. That rhythm—my rhythm—is who I am. It’s creative, heartfelt, true. But more and more, it feels like I’m the only one who hears it. Where once there were moments of connection, people who caught the tune or even joined me for a while, now there’s mostly silence. The older I get, the more I feel like I’m off by…

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Hiding from the Light: The Tension Between Transparency and Fear

“Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But those who live by the truth come into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.”— John 3:20–21 (NIV) There is a peculiar kind of hiding we do, not from others, but from ourselves—an instinctive retreat from the harsh…

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