Author Archives: Chip Murray

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About Chip Murray

Singer/Songwriter

The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Friends, Humanity & Ideology

C.S. Lewis used to say he rarely read the news. If there was anything important that he could do something about, he trusted his friends would tell him. As for the rest, he thought the best response to those things … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Tradition and the “Uncommon Spirit”

A life with presence—that is, an uncommon spirit—redeems any situation from the commonplace…Adaptability is the power to make a suitable environment for oneself out of any set of circumstances. Most of us are all right if we can live in … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The Providence of Pain

“Every strand of sentimental satisfaction is an indication of how much farther we have to go before we understand the life of God, it is the satisfaction of a smug self-interest which God by circumstances and pain shocks out of … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Let Us Be Men Again!

In his old age, the priest embodied a civilization that has been betrayed by a generation whose hymn was John Lennon’s “Imagine” — that there was neither heaven nor hell but “above us only sky” and “all the people living … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The Nature of Things

People, in increasing numbers, know that something in “the system” isn’t right…that things are terribly wrong. I’ve come to realize that the degree to which we are dependent on the system tends to dictate the degree to which we are … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ “Centering” in the Eye of the Storm

The instant reflex reaction experienced by most of us when attacked, is to come off our center. This is why most Martial Arts practitioners focus so heavily on centering…why it is central to everything; the breathing, the stance, the block … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Take a Breath

“Sir Gerald Moore: I was at dinner last evening, and halfway through the pudding, this four-year-old child came alone, dragging a little toy cart. And on the cart was a fresh turd. Her own, I suppose. The parents just shook … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Independence Day and “The Causes Which Impel”

The silver moon knows, when the sun goes away, tomorrow she will shine on Independence Day. Attachment is dependence…on people, places and things. Every single one of us is dependent on the somebodies we love, the some places we live, … Continue reading

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The Upshot of Chaos & Confusion

It is impossible to overstate the enormity of what just happened. But it is very possible to cover up, distort, and spin the reality of what just happened…over there. Brexit was the inevitable vindication and affirmation of the remarkable foresight … Continue reading

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The Sunday Tune-up ~ Entire Physical World a Symptom of the Supernatural War

Act bravely, my Brethren; take courage, and trust in the Lord. The time is fast approaching in which there will be great trials and afflictions; perplexities and dissensions, both spiritual and temporal, will abound; the charity of many will grow … Continue reading

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