1.0Dream Gateshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgatesRobert Mosshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/author/rmossIn praise of blocks - Dream Gatesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8F1KxG3ioz"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/2011/01/in-praise-of-blocks.html">In praise of blocks</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/2011/01/in-praise-of-blocks.html/embed#?secret=8F1KxG3ioz" width="600" height="338" title="“In praise of blocks” — Dream Gates" data-secret="8F1KxG3ioz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I come not to bury blocks, but to praise them. I am talking about the speed bumps we encounter on the roads of life. Sometimes they look like solid brick walls, or mountains set in our way. Sometimes we feel we have come to a door that won’t open however hard we pound, or however…