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It’s Christmas, So What?

As a preacher and writer, I use a lot of words, hopefully most of them simple and the meanings well known. Lately, maybe because of my age, I find myself doubting the way I have spelled a word, and I check it out. Sometimes I use my cell phone, but as a creature of...

Word of the Day

Our language reflects dominant issues in culture. I don’t know when it began but we hear a new word a lot these days: woke. I have to keep looking up the meaning: an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning “alert to racial prejudice...

Joy! Joy! Joy!

George Bernard Shaw once wrote: “I am by nature and destiny a preacher, but I have no Bible, no creed. The preacher must preach the way of life…Oh, if I could only find it!” The Apostle Paul had found it — and he preached it. In two succinct verses, he...

The Finality of Christianity

We are in what the Christian calendar calls Advent. In a recent blog, I mentioned the Christian worship practice of lighting a candle each Sunday of Advent each signifying the four traditional Advent themes: Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy.  Last week I reflected on peace;...

Dogs or Humans-Do We Have To Choose?

One of the leading story on the front page of the newspaper, The Commercial Appeal,  was about a famous dog, Riona.  Riona was rescued after being set on fire by her owner. Six months after her recovery she made her first public appearance. For the past few months she...

Peace That Passes Understanding

In my blog last week I talked about what the Church calls a “liturgical” calendar which guides the Church in celebrating the “Christian” year. The first “season” of that year is Advent. We began that season on Sunday, November 27. There are four Sundays in Advent. In...

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