About Author: Charlie Wear

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http://charleswear.com
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Charlie Wear is just a guy trying to follow Jesus in Rancho Belago, California.

Posts by Charlie Wear

  • I had a great conversation last night with a high school exchange student from China. Amos does not believe in God, but he does believe in freedom. He has a...

    The Quest for Freedom

    I had a great conversation last night with a high school exchange student from China. Amos does not believe in God, but he does believe in freedom. He has a...

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  • I am writing this morning from Mesa, Arizona. My family and I have been taking a much needed rest while I am recovering my voice. I got a bad case...

    Recovering my voice…

    I am writing this morning from Mesa, Arizona. My family and I have been taking a much needed rest while I am recovering my voice. I got a bad case...

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  • We each have moments that have defined our lives. Our first word, first step and the day we first went potty in the toilet are memorable moments for our parents....

    Getting in Touch with the Moment

    We each have moments that have defined our lives. Our first word, first step and the day we first went potty in the toilet are memorable moments for our parents....

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  • In my first King James Version bible there were passages that were printed in red ink. These were the words of Jesus as recorded in the books of the New...

    red letters

    In my first King James Version bible there were passages that were printed in red ink. These were the words of Jesus as recorded in the books of the New...

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  • We would rather hide and pretend than face the truth. Jesus said, “You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” The philosopher/songwriter Kris Kristofferson said: “Freedom’s...

    The truth…

    We would rather hide and pretend than face the truth. Jesus said, “You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” The philosopher/songwriter Kris Kristofferson said: “Freedom’s...

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  • Jen Eva Daffern met my grandfather, Charles Hight, when they were students at Keene College in Texas. Grandma “Geneva” was the glue that kept my childhood together. She lived in...

    I’m Geneva’s Grandson

    Jen Eva Daffern met my grandfather, Charles Hight, when they were students at Keene College in Texas. Grandma “Geneva” was the glue that kept my childhood together. She lived in...

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  • If our lives are like a sweater, then growing up and getting real can cause things to unravel all around you. It doesn’t help that I am really angry about...

    Pulling on the yarn…

    If our lives are like a sweater, then growing up and getting real can cause things to unravel all around you. It doesn’t help that I am really angry about...

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  • I am in the middle of an existential crisis, maybe a nervous breakdown, although I have been calling it a nervous “breakthrough.” Over forty-five years of bottling up anger and...

    My own reality show

    I am in the middle of an existential crisis, maybe a nervous breakdown, although I have been calling it a nervous “breakthrough.” Over forty-five years of bottling up anger and...

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  • From 1963 until 1966 when I graduated, I attended a Seventh-day Adventist boarding high school. Newbury Park Academy was located in the Conejo Valley just north of Thousand Oaks and...

    Remembering an old friend

    From 1963 until 1966 when I graduated, I attended a Seventh-day Adventist boarding high school. Newbury Park Academy was located in the Conejo Valley just north of Thousand Oaks and...

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  • “But the most important issue we face today is the same the church has faced in every century: Will we reach our world for Christ? In other words, will we...

    The most important issue…

    “But the most important issue we face today is the same the church has faced in every century: Will we reach our world for Christ? In other words, will we...

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