Dan Kent Can Write

Why Did David Pick Up 5 Stones?

September 14, 2023

Ask almost any Christian: “How did young David defeat Goliath, the giant warrior?” Probably about 99 times out of 100 you’ll get an answer something like: “Because David had great…

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Approaching Horses: Commentary

September 6, 2023

APPROACHING HORSES and there past the barn I see the horses, grazing out in a field, together, but also alone. I see the horses standing in the sunlit fog. I…

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Sips: Commentary

July 2, 2023

I like the idea of our choices being like sips. We nibble ourselves to death in slow-motion suicides. We build mountains on our own backs made up of tiny, seemingly…

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Today is the Next Monotonous Day of the Rest of Your Life (a motivational post)

June 24, 2023

The problem with all these THIS-IS-THE-FIRST-DAY-OF-THE-REST-OF-YOUR-LIFE folks is that they emphasize the wrong thing. Their intention (noble and pure) is to get you to realize how special THIS day is,…

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Everyone Has a System. The True Story Behind: DEALER WINS

May 31, 2023

You wanna know the secret of how I kept my hundreds so crisp and flat? I’d take 5 or 6 bills and place them in the middle of a Bible…

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The God Machine

March 29, 2023

The humming noise seems to originate behind a set of industrial doors. The signs on the doors say AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY and DO NOT ENTER. But they left the door…

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I Saw the Biggest Spider Ever in Peru and My Pants Were Down

March 22, 2023

In 2008, if you wanted to get to Machu Picchu, you had to take a long, blue train that rolled slowly through Peru’s jungle and mountains. The train stopped several…

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What Was So Funny?

March 19, 2023

I carry something precious deep inside me but I cannot access it. I possess an absolute treasure-trove that sparkles and glows somewhere just out of reach. I think you possess…

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Levitating with Augustine

March 3, 2023

Somewhere in my early teens I wanted to levitate. The thought of defying gravity struck me as an obvious life skill only a fool would neglect. I went to the…

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To Judge or Not to Judge? Seeking God Among the Pigs and the Dogs (Matthew 7:6)

November 10, 2022

Jesus kicks off Matthew 7 with a firm warning about the dangers of judgement, then follows this up by mocking those who judge the speck of dust in the eyes…

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