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We are witnessing the devaluation
of the evils that confront us.
Now they are problems, challenges.
He has a problem with drinking.
She has challenging debts.
And while the importance of our personal evils
has shriveled, Hollywood's has inflated.
Heroes are no longer sufficient.
Now it takes superheroes
and teams of superheroes
to save our planet, the galaxy,
or the ground of being itself
from the red-orange fire of annihilation.
Yet, in reality, it is the everyday evils
we face personally that truly matter,
even though confronting them is
neither entertaining nor super.

Photo of normal storm clouds super-morphed into cataclysmic fireballs.
Photograph and prayer 2016 by Danny N. Schweers

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Comments from readers

Pat wrote:
No, confronting the evils of our lives is neither entertaining or super, just hard work.

Harold wrote:
Danny, great message and terrific illustration of it.

D-L wrote:
I am thinking this would be good to use during the Season of Creation [at our church]. I have put it on the bulletin board for now...

Debbie wrote:
Thanks, Danny, for your ongoing photos and prayers; they are impressive.

Dennis wrote:
Excellent!

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