Well, today is St. Patrick's Day and Facebook is filled with people holding up mugs of green beer and in every stage of costume for this Irish holiday. After all, it seems that everyone is Irish for one day a…
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I opened my computer this evening to write my post as I do each Sunday evening. Imagine my surprise when I noticed that my post from last Thursday was still in draft mode - in other words, I wrote it…
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Yesterday, Fat Tuesday, or in the French language, Mardi Gras, commemorated the last day of revelry and celebration before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. Most of us know that New Orleans is the center of this…
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A family member sent me a note on a story in the news about an atheist who filed a lawsuit demanding that the court set aside a day for atheists to celebrate their non-belief - much the way that Christians…
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I am in the process of reading Billy Graham's book, "Nearing Home: Life, Faith and Finishing Well". It is a book that has been on my reading list for some time now and last night on the plane back to…
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Every once in a while, a date occurs that is consistent with the biblical account of something noteworthy. Such is the case today. Because it is presumed that on February 10, in the year 60 A.D., the apostle Paul was…
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When I was a young man, I dreamed of attending Northwestern University, the school that both my parents, one of my uncles and my maternal grandfather attended. I thought I would train to be a surgeon and in fact, I…
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Exactly 225 years ago today, as a result of the original Declaration of Independence demanding our freedom and the U.S. Constitution, George Washington was chosen as the first President of the United States. He amassed 69 electoral votes and served…
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