Cross Currents

“You know what truth is? It’s some crazy thing my neighbor believes. If I want to make friends with him, I ask him what he believes. He tells me, and I say, ‘Yeah, yeah – ain’t it the truth.’” Fictitious character Rabo Karabekian from Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions  (1973) With this post, I’m afraid I am heading back down the rabbit hole.  My initial intention was to write a tidy, concise article about the need to intentionally teach and practice discernment as a prac

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