Category Archives: Bible/literary themes

In the War of Good and Evil: On Weaponizing the Mind of Christ

Posted on May 8, 2024 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Few doubt, anymore, we are in another world war, a very sigificant war, both temporal and spiritual, perhaps even that war prophesied to close out the end times just before Jesus comes back the second time to rule … Continue reading →

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How Shall We Now Live, 6: Keep the End in Mind (and be encouraged) Redux

Posted on May 14, 2021 by pbn

Access all previous posts in this series here. Phyllis Beveridge Nissila It occurs to me, just one and one-half years from the original post, below, we can use the reminder therein many times more so today given the rate of … Continue reading →

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Still. In the Moment. God. (Even in 2020)

Posted on December 1, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila UPDATE December, 2020 This post, first offered in the summer of 2016, is a reminder again today to trust God when it seems the (political) Kraken, “battened” (fattened)  sufficiently on power and greed, has finally surfaced for … Continue reading →

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The Words That Remain

Posted on November 28, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. ~ William Carlos Williams, excerpt from “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower“   The Frustration

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But the Thing Is, Senator, GOD Owns Sunday

Posted on September 17, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila I’ve been thinking more about a previous post where I explain why I think the picture of a recent Portland, Oregon, riot that reveals a Bible along with an American flag on a burn pile is so … Continue reading →

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The Kraken Rising 2020? On Marxism vs Peaceful Protests and Who We Really War Against

Posted on September 16, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. (Luke 8:17, NIV) The Kraken In literature, mythology, and folklore, the “Kraken” is … Continue reading →

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We Need a Little Christmas in July…Again…

Posted on July 5, 2020 by pbn

Here’s my (annual) contribution. Every year when I re-post this it seems the world is more grief-filled, less hopeful. But the message in here is timeless–whether one is a believer, not, or not yet. Consider… From Russia with Hope: Christmas … Continue reading →

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“The Kraken 2.0” (On Evil’s Proper End)

Posted on October 31, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Kraken? These days when evil seems to be metastisizing like stage 4 cancer, fattening on power, insolence, and presumption, I am reminded of “The Kraken,” both the sea monster from Scandinavian folklore and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem … Continue reading →

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On the Power of Deception–Now, Then, & in Secret Chambers

Posted on October 25, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila (revised) Reflecting more on yesterday’s post, “On Who Fills the Void/the Rainbow Maker,” (a discussion of the power–and purpose–of insatiable need), what came to mind was this famous quote attributed to former CIA Director, William Casey: “We’ll … Continue reading →

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On the Father, the Prodigal, and The Other Son (Mostly The Other Son)

Posted on October 22, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Most people know the parable of the “Prodigal Son” whether through Bible studies or as an idiom . But here’s a recap from the NIV:

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