Book of Common Words

  • Screaming into the Void About the Hope of Judgement

    Screaming into the Void About the Hope of Judgement

    Pucker up to the breathing you need.Shout loud into the bright darkness of (*gestures wildly*) all this absolute and utter shit.Let your sound out atop the parking garage…

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  • Blessed Are You

    Blessed Are You

    I grew up as the bully’s target. I got searing put downs for my glasses, for my grades, for my lack of interest in sports. One bully went…

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  • Because No One Has Hired Us

    Because No One Has Hired Us

    The office was small and cramped. A desk took up most of the room, but there was a couch. White, if I remember correctly. I was sitting on…

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  • ATMN Byron Borger- Embodied Words

    ATMN Byron Borger- Embodied Words

    Friends, today we get to talk with Byron Borger. Before opening the Hearts & Minds Bookstore, Byron worked in college ministry for the CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach),…

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  • Christ the King Sunday

    Christ the King Sunday

    The Utah day was sunny, not too warm. I was feeling well and enjoying it. I prayed my rosary as I walked, which I often did in my early twenties.…

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  • The Point of Evangelism

    The Point of Evangelism

    I believe in hell. The hell I believe in is empty, though. Hell has been harrowed and sits as nothing more than a mausoleum memorial to the universal…

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