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PRESENTS

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT

A SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER

“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. Longfellow

Love is patient, kind, and dangerous. As C. S. Lewis wrote, “Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.” From the archive, authors reflect on the emotion most human and divine.

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AUGUST 2016 ● BY RAYMOND HAIN

LOVE IS BAREFOOT PHILOSOPHY ([link removed])

Modern lovers shrink from things we cannot control.

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MAY 2025 ● BY R. R. RENO

THE LOVE SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES ([link removed])

We cannot eliminate deception, manipulation, and betrayal without renouncing love.

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FEBRUARY 2010 ● BY FRED SANDERS

LOVE IS A NOUN ([link removed])
Try this simple trick: Replace the word love with the name Jesus.

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