The huge servings of food started at Thanksgiving. But they didn't end there. The grocery stores are filled to the rafters with holiday specials on everything from beef tenderloins to hams - and every imaginable kind of dessert. Decorations are…
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Well, Thanksgiving is over and we are on to Christmas! How quickly we forget about the turkey and move on toward gifts and, before that, decorating our homes and places of business! Most of us who are Christians decorate our…
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I was too excited to sleep this morning. In fact, although I am not an early riser, I heard the grandfather clock in the hall strike 5:00 a.m. this morning. I almost felt like the little child on Christmas morning…
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It's difficult to believe that it has been 160 years ago today since President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in the history of our country - the Gettysburg Address. This short speech, crafted by Lincoln himself,…
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I always become reflective this time of year as we get ready to start the holiday season. For some reason, I look back on my life and all the various roles I have played in the family throughout the decades.…
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I've been a believer for most of my life - in fact, since before I went through confirmation class at Trinity Methodist Church in Chicago when I was thirteen. I grew up in a family where there was no question…
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I am in the process of teaching the book of Galatians this fall and we are in the the last half of the 5th chapter of Paul's letter to the church at Galatia. It's an interesting book - broken into…
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Yesterday, most of the country moved their clocks back one hour so we can take advantage of the early morning light, primarily for school children. That way, it will be safer for them but this change results in darkness coming…
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Today, November 2nd, is one of the more obscure days in our contemporary calendar. Of course, we are all familiar with Halloween, or All Hallow's Eve, as it is sometimes called and many of us are also familiar with November…
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For more than fifteen years, since I finished my Masters of Divinity (MDiv.) degree prior to beginning my doctoral work, I have been concerned about losing the Greek that I had studied for three years in school. I also took…
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