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It Happened So Fast

by Craig Finnestad August 19, 2016

I remember picking the boys up from school on May 24th. It still seems like yesterday. They were so excited as they headed to the airport later that night. It all happened so fast. The next thing I remember, other…

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Søren Kierkegaard’s Collected Prayers for Today

by Craig Finnestad June 14, 2016

  This was the second to last prayer I wrote for Prayers from The Water’s Edge. It was written here: A park Kierkegaard would have walked through. The following is my translation of seven of Søren Kierkegaard’s prayers. I made…

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A Prayer for My Children

by Craig Finnestad June 13, 2016

So I finished “Prayers from The Water’s Edge” today and sent it to the editor. I wrote this one, number 100, last night and this morning. If you have children, I encourage you to give it a try and let…

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Amsterdam

by Craig Finnestad June 6, 2016

Amsterdam is unique. The city has as many canals as roads. More bikes than cars. Prostitution and marijuana are both legal and practiced in public. People from all over the world line up for blocks to walk through a little…

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The Anne Frank House

by Craig Finnestad June 5, 2016

So I suspected visiting the Anne Frank house would be inspiring. It greatly exceeded my already high expectations. To walk over the wooden floors and look at the plastered walls and hear the story of an amazing young woman and…

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Brussels

by Craig Finnestad June 4, 2016

We walked out of the train station and saw the center of the city. On the other side of the city center was our hotel. Between the train station and hotel were two military vehicles. A reminder of the terrorism…

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Paris

by Craig Finnestad June 2, 2016

We spent a week in London and two days in Paris. When the train departed from London to Paris, I felt we needed a few more days in London. There were a few things we wanted to do and see…

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London

by Craig Finnestad June 1, 2016

London is such a wonderful city. I have never been here before. We stayed in Westminster at a hotel off the Thames River across from Big Ben. The Tube was convenient and easy to use. Pretty much everything we did…

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I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out. -John Wesley

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