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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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A Church Founded on Martyrs

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, sign, calendar, martyrdom

Relics of Martyrdom

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, relic, martyrdom, things, money, church

Presenting the Martyrs

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, relic, saint

Coffins in the Center

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, church, Coptic, death, worship

The +1 Martyr

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, martyrdom, laborers, migration, africa

Collective Martyrs

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, church, martyrdom, statue, jesus, saint

Murders Viewed around the World

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, terrorists, martyrdom, television

A Church and Martyrs Shrine

December 26, 2025

Back Roads of Middle Egypt

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, rural, landscape, water

Refrigerator Faith

September 27, 2025
Tags: house, bible, appliance, sign, evangelicalism

The Jesus Illusion

September 27, 2025
Tags: house, decoration, words, evangelicalism, jesus

The Bare Magnolia

September 13, 2025
Tags: Texas, tree, google earth, house

The Backyard Garden

September 13, 2025
Tags: Texas, garden, soil, house

Painted Memory of a Tree

September 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, tree, painting, house, memory

The Magnolia Tree

September 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, tree, suburb, memory, symbols
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