First Things RSS Feed - David Holper https://www.firstthings.com/author/david-holper en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:57:12 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/david-holper 60 Darshan-abhilashi https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/03/darshan-abhilashi https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/03/darshan-abhilashi Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500 How often when we are lost
or in pain, we cry out to God—

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]]> Bored to Death https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/12/bored-to-death https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/12/bored-to-death Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 As Paul’s words droned on like the furry buzz of bees, I unfolded off the floor, 
crammed myself into a window. The sun crawled down 
onto the horizon and stared at me, as if to say, pay attention, you 
whose time is so short, you who have no idea on what day 
your thread will be cut. I stared until the sky purpled, until 
the darkness swept its broom through the sky, scattering shards of dust 
winking at me in the blackness. 

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