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Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
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It’s the middle of autumn. November. A wintry wind has been whirling around my world the last week or so. This wind knocked the power out twice within a week, which was less than pleasant for me. A power outage is a very reliable trigger for me, one that ramps…
● Latest Articles
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Ten
Who remembers 10–10-220? Or maybe 10–10-321? Or 10–10-987? Anybody who watched television in the late 90’s should have at least a vague memory of that.…
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Nine
Sometimes mathematics can be counterintuitive. Take, for example, the following equation: 0.9999… = 1 The ellipsis following the nines means that the nines continue to infinity. On…
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A Very, Very Quick Survey
I invite all readers of this to answer a very, very quick one-question survey. Unlike the last survey I posted, I promise this one will…
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Eight
I had eight serious girlfriends before meeting my wife, roughly one a year from age 14 through 21. It’s very easy to enumerate them, because I…
● About Me
I’m Michael, the author of this blog. I search for meaning through walking labyrinths, through exploring my Christian faith and my experience of depression, through preaching, and through writing about it for you.
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