Category Archives: Jesus

Goodbye…

Posted on June 17, 2020 by rickconti

Ten years ago today I published my first post for “Limping in the Light”. In that span, I’ve published 389 posts. (There are a few more that never saw the virtual light of virtual day.) This is #390. It’s also … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cognitive Dissonance

Posted on December 20, 2019 by rickconti

Every year about this time, I’m torn. On the one hand, I love to celebrate the most wonderful, joyous, miraculous event in human history: God condescending to become an infant, born into poverty to an exiled couple to teach us … Continue reading →

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MS and Hadassah

Posted on October 31, 2019 by rickconti

Hadassah is a name that is very close to my heart. It’s also the Hebrew version of the name of the Biblical character Esther, heroine of the eponymous book. That lady with two names has a lot to teach us … Continue reading →

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I Scream the Body Electric

Posted on December 11, 2018 by rickconti

Back in 1855, Walt Whitman’s renowned poetry collection, “Leaves of Grass”, was published. One of the best known poems in that collection was changed in a later edition (in 1867) and given the first line and title, “I Sing the … Continue reading →

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We are what we do

Posted on May 11, 2018 by rickconti

It’s always a good idea to remind oneself of the positive side of having MS. There are a few posts about the topic in this blog, here and here for example, not to mention references sprinkled throughout my years of … Continue reading →

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The double-decker bus of life

Posted on April 18, 2018 by rickconti

There used to be a great Italian restaurant nearby. The owner was an Irish guy (go figure) who adored All Things Italian. He traveled to Italy often to get ideas and ingredients for his trattoria. When my wife and I … Continue reading →

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What am I waiting for?

Posted on January 6, 2018 by rickconti

As a Christian, a follower of Jesus, I’m supposed to rely on the Bible as my rule of faith. Indeed I do. The Latin phrase, sola scriptura, is used to describe the doctrine to which most conservative Protestants ascribe: by … Continue reading →

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It’s not easy (or cheap) being green (or good)

Posted on July 14, 2017 by rickconti

`I try to do right as much as possible. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe there are some things that are “right” and some things that are “wrong”. That puts me out of favor with popular culture, but I’ll keep … Continue reading →

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Top Ten things to do while in the MRI tube

Posted on June 7, 2017 by rickconti

If you have MS, you’ve spent more than your fair share of time buried in an MRI machine. It’s a little known fact that the MRI was invented by some obscure cleric during the Inquisition to extract confessions from suspected … Continue reading →

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The Voice of God

Posted on May 25, 2017 by rickconti

Have you ever heard some spiritual superstar talk about how he or she “heard from God”? My hackles tend to rise immediately upon hearing such talk, invariably in the form of something like, “God told me I should do this”. … Continue reading →

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