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Good deeds sometimes need a lifestyle reality check
This column was first published in Trenton Monitor . When I was 23, I was restless, so I moved to Philadelphia with the determination to...

David Kilby
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Why George R.R. Martin is not the 'American Tolkien'
This column was first published in Trenton Monitor . Before the popular HBO series “Game of Thrones” aired, George R.R. Martin was mostly...

David Kilby
Apr 73 min read
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The 4 'I's of Writing and Why They Matter
Images imagined with Midjourney Why do I write? I write to inform, inspire, imagine, and innovate, preferably in that order as a matter...

David Kilby
Mar 108 min read
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True Friendship Is the Key to a Relationship with God
This column was first published in Trenton Monitor . My friend Jerry loves to work out. He knows all the best exercise routines and has...

David Kilby
Dec 23, 20243 min read
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4th Sunday of Advent Gospel Lectio Divina - Year C
This reflection was first published on agapaostore.com READ Lk 1:39-45 Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town...

David Kilby
Dec 20, 20245 min read
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Renouncing Relativism, the Philosophy of Self
Plato's cave, sourced from Wikimedia Commons This column was first published in Trenton Monitor . “We are moving toward a dictatorship of...

David Kilby
Dec 19, 20243 min read
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Restoring Hope in History
Imagined with Midjourney This column was first published in Trenton Monitor . There are two popular ways of looking at human history, as...

David Kilby
Dec 18, 20243 min read
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Interior Motivators to the Rescue: Grab Them Before It’s Too Late
Imagined with Midjourney The day almost got away from me, until I found some notes from a draft about some intrinsic gifts inside all of...

David Kilby
Dec 17, 20246 min read
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Why It's So Hard to Find a Good Story These Days
Imagined with Midjourney This article was first published in Trenton Monitor . Have you ever walked out of a movie theater or finished a...

David Kilby
Dec 13, 20243 min read
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Answering the Call to Be a Writer
You may have come to my blog to learn something, so I am sorry if I disappoint. Almost every writer, mentor, and online guru claims he...

David Kilby
Dec 9, 20249 min read
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Debt, God's mercy and divine pedagogy
This article was first published in Trenton Monitor . A priest wants to buy a car for a friend who has been down on his luck, but can’t...

David Kilby
Dec 6, 20243 min read
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What We Teach Says Much About Us
I attended a board of education meeting as a journalist, covering a story about the use of R-rated films in class lessons at a local high sc

David Kilby
Dec 5, 20243 min read
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1st Sunday of Advent Gospel Lectio Divina - Year C
This reflection was first published on agapaostore.com READ Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 Jesus said to his disciples: “There will be signs in the...

David Kilby
Nov 30, 20245 min read
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How to Know Our Nation: By Its Religion
Americans are in an identity crisis. While trying to find ourselves individually, we lost touch with who we are as a nation. In attempt...

David Kilby
Nov 27, 20247 min read
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AI Responds Amazingly to Simple Question about the Wheel
As a writer, I've wrestled with AI over the past few years. There have been times when I wanted to write on a topic but was stumped. I'd...

David Kilby
Nov 26, 202411 min read
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