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re·demp·tion /rɪˈdɛmpʃən/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[ri-demp-shuhn] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun

1.
an act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed.

2.
deliverance; rescue.

3.
Theology. deliverance from sin; salvation.

4.
atonement for guilt.

5.
repurchase, as of something sold.

6.
paying off, as of a mortgage, bond, or note.

7.
recovery by payment, as of [...]

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did you ever notice that dogs paws smell like corn chips…really, they do.

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…feels like 45 below zero….and it’s a BE-u-tiful blue skied day in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Days like these test the constitution of Minnesotans. Bikers still take to the street, bundled up like buns in a basket at a thanksgiving meal. Shoulders and necks disappear into layers of head gear. Cars groan as they start…oil crawling through [...]

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As many of you know, Eleanor Roosevelt was the head of the UN Committee that
drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Creating it was an
amazing task that required determination and relational skills that few
people possess. Eleanor Roosevelt¹s niece, aptly named Eleanor Roosevelt II,
recalled:
“On the day in December when the commission finally finished its work
and voted [...]

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Ideally, our orientation to life should change as a result of deep spiritual experience. Whenever we transcend the fears and desires of the individual and collective ego, we discover a completely different perspective on what it means to be a human being—a perspective that transcends the ego’s narrow, limited, personal world. And that is really [...]

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You know the old saying “treat others as you would like to be treated”?
Here’s what I observe—–people treat others like they are treated, not like they would like to be treated.
Somewhere, somehow that pattern must consciously be stopped. I have this neighbor who lives directly next to me. He is an angry bitter man [...]

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