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Devotionals

Walt Alexander’s series of devotional essays

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Nevada’s head was spinning as he left the jail. He stopped and noisily puked in an alley. He wished it was dark so that no one could see him, but the sun was just over the zenith and had just started climbing back down. He sat on a stoop. He

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Nevada Smith was a film starring Steve McQueen from 1966. I imagine that is where Steven Speilberg and/or George Lucas got the inspiration for the name, Indiana Jones. However, with respect to Steve McQueen and/or Harold Robbins (the author of the novel the film was based on), I would like

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Nevada Smith was a film starring Steve McQueen from 1966. I imagine that is where Steven Speilberg and/or George Lucas got the inspiration for the name, Indiana Jones. However, with respect to Steve McQueen and/or Harold Robbins (the author of the novel the film was based on), I would like

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Nevada Smith was a film starring Steve McQueen from 1966. I imagine that is where Steven Speilberg and/or George Lucas got the inspiration for the name, Indiana Jones. However, with respect to Steve McQueen and/or Harold Robbins, I would like to tell a story about him. You can consider it

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Men and women are different physically, mentally, emotionally, and culturally and in other ways. Men and women are different physically, mentally, emotionally, and culturally and in other ways.Men and women are different physically, mentally, emotionally, and culturally and in other ways.Men and women are different physically, mentally, emotionally, and culturally

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I have been writing screenplays since the late 1990s. I was inspired when I became tired and bored with the movies that were out there. I decided to write and imagine one I wanted to see and that would thrill me. My early attempts were modest to say the least.

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I have been thinking a lot about cows recently.  It seemed that everyone in the Bible was always talking about cows and cattle and milk and cheese and other things that come from them. Having a lot of cattle was clearly a status symbol. I just see Abraham talking to Isaac like

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Way back in olden times, (2006) I was volunteering at the Sundance Film Festival. Early in the morning I went to the cyber-cafe and sat down in front of a computer. These were the days before getting email on your cellphone (but yes, we did have running water and electricity

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Sometimes, I don’t know why I did it. It makes me so angry and I tell myself that I was duped into it. but that is really not the truth. I really do know, I just have to think and remind myself, why I did it. I decided to take….a

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The Book of Job is very problematic. Many people have said that it is just an allegory or a metaphor for dealing with the problem of pain. Maybe it is, maybe it is not. I am not sure. However, the most relatable part of it  for me (as I have

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