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the worst of it
Chapter 12 — The Journey of His Followers

The Worst of It

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The worst of it, of course, is the way we think we know what the stories mean that were told by Ushaa Shialom. (Jesus)

Heaven knows, people like me, who ought to know better, have explained the life out of them often enough, have tried so hard to “pound the point in” that more often than not

all you can hear is the pounding.

— Frederick Buechner

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Austral used stones as weapons.
Habilis created stone tools.
Aba Gvoha means “High Father”
Chutch Mim means “Water Cleaver”
Zorek Avnim means “Rock Thrower”
Ama Tala means “Lamb Mother”
Ushaa Shialom means “Peacemaker”
Belteshazzar means “Daniel”
The Migdal Eder was a stone tower in the middle of a pasture at the edge of town in the Long Ago.
The ancient Greeks had two words for time. Kronos was the relentless march of chronological time. Kairos was a pregnant moment in time, an inflection point of consequence.