Author: Joop Beris
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Unanswered prayers
Many masses and prayer meetings that I attended when I was still a Christian involved prayer requests, which meant that members of the congregation put forward certain issues that they wanted the assembly to pray for. Quite often, such request would be along the lines of “Mrs X is still struggling with cancer and she…
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The debate that wasn’t a debate (3/5)
The third part of the debate that wasn’t a debate, a conversation I had with Makayla, over on Twitter. The first part can be read here and the second part can be found here. I recommend you read those before reading this part.In the previous part of this conversation, we explored the beliefs of Makayla…
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Being offended
There is an old story about the Buddha and an angry old man which goes something like this. Each day the Buddha would go to the market and each day, an angry old man would come up to him and start hurling insults and abuse at him. Each day, the Buddha continues smiling and minding…
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Safely clean up boot
One of the things that seriously annoys me but that pops up from time to time, is the fact that my Linux /boot partition fills up with old, unused kernels. I know, I should have created a bigger partition but this installation is old, updated several times over the course of a few years and…
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My 2015 year in blogging
The helpful helper monkeys at Jetpack have provided a report that allows me to review how my blog did this past year. Not bad for a personal blog that I run mainly for myself. Want to see my 2015 year in blogging? Come right this way!
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The debate that wasn’t a debate (2/5)
The second part of the debate that wasn’t a debate, a conversation I had with Makayla, over on Twitter. The first part can be read here and I recommend you read that before reading this part.In the first part of this conversation, we explored some of the things that I believe in, or rather: disbelieve…