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Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
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● Featured Article
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For about two or three hours last Friday evening, I was in constant, desperate prayer. I was overwhelmed with anxiety, to the point of tears. My repeated prayer was this: “Please God, please, don’t make me bishop.” I’ll tell you how I got there, and how God answered that prayer.…
● Latest Articles
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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…
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Seven
Seven is such an arbitrary number. There are seven days in the week. Why? Well, because either the Babylonians or the Hebrews, or possibly both independently, decided…
● 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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