The Good Old Days?
D’Aun and I celebrated our 35th “dating anniversary” recently (here’s a post about that). I started thinking about what it was like 35-years ago. It was 1975 and I turned 17-years old that year. It…
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Christmas Eve Blessing
This night is born Jesus, Son of the King of glory. This night is born to us the root of our joy. This night gleamed sea and shore together. This night was born Christ, the…
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Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I thought I’d share something that I recently read … it struck me as unnervingly appropriate given the season that D’Aun and I have had. Truthfully, I’m not even sure…
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Vote Today! But do so with humility …
Election day is finally here. One of the nice things about being in Italy for much of October was the avoidance of all the campaign advertising. It was quite a shock to come back to…
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Political Question
Before I went on my October break, a friend asked me to blog about political activism for followers of Christ. His specific question was: “Help me figure this out…. 1) Jesus strikingly refused to align…
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The House of the Lord
My month long break begins today. Hallelujah! For the last month and for the month to come, I’ve been working through prayers and readings in the book “Celtic Daily Prayer”. The Morning Prayer begins like…
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Devotional
I’ve been reading through Celtic Daily Prayer this month, and the devotional for September 19 struck me. No commentary to add…just read and enjoy the words: O Son of Mary, how wonderful Your friendliness to…
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Bookmarks
You can learn something about a person by looking at the bookmarks they use. I don’t mean the bookmarks on a web browser; I mean the old fashioned kind that keep your place in a…