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I write about things which move me, with the intent of personal catharsis and public edification. While many things are directed towards my children, I hope the reader can find something useful for their own path.

Newsletter · By Hugh Mercer · Official site

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Discourse 13.4: The Climate of Power (opens the original)

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    I enjoy writing not only for its own sake and personal benefits, but also because it is a tool in which I can organize my thoughts and convey them to another. What the reader does with those thoughts is ultimately up to them, but for me, the task is clear communication. Over the past year or so my focus with writing has been on my relationship to Christ, and in writing those essays I have found myself growing closer to Him. I sought to point the reader in a direction, a direction that changed my

  2. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    Discourse 33.6: To what we choose... (opens the original)

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    We are becoming someone whether you intend to or not. Every choice, every relationship, every habit, and every object of your attention participates in forming who you are. So the question is not whether you will be formed, but what you will participate in becoming. Too many live like automatons, defaulting to base identities or guided by social architects. That path makes it difficult, near impossible, to encounter Him, or our naked selves. To live intentionally is therefore to choose your orie

  3. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    Discourse 33.5: In the way that it does… reveal (opens the original)

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    I write these words with the hope there will be more to follow. Yet, they are delivered as though I will not be granted another chance. I say this as though I will never speak to another human being again. The gravity of this meaning should remain ambient in your mind, your heart, as you read.With a question, I begin. It should linger like an early morning fog while reading. If understood properly, it will remain at the epicenter of your life. Each word carries the universe…What do you choose to

  4. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    Discourse 33.4: In the way that it does… (opens the original)

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    It has almost been two months since I wrote “The Walk of the Elephant”. I have been patiently waiting for my spirit to discern what the trees whispered, waiting for clarity to reveal itself to me.Something I have learned, rather, something has been shown to me that I wish to impart upon you as well as to declare it. To feel His will, answer, whatever you wish to call it- we must be patient. We must wait for the noise to clear and for His voice, in the way that it does, to reach our consciousness

  5. Issue · Jul 30, 2026

    Discourse 53.2: The Psychology of Redemption (opens the original)

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    “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”Romans 8:1In the first part of this discourse, I suggested that one of the deepest meanings of redemption is not merely the cancellation of guilt, but the restoration of communion. Christ does not simply pronounce forgiveness from a distance. Through His life, death, and resurrection, He makes possible the transformation of the human person. The old self is crucified. A new creation begins to emerge. Yet this raises anoth

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