It is Advent — the time of year I love more than any other. I love the lights (both in stringed form and in the individual candle form), I love the greenery, I love the emphasis on peace and hope and mystery...
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Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. We are all up to our ears in Christmas preparations. Our holiday planning lists a long and detailed because we...
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Matthew 25:31-46 Allyn and I recently moved into downtown St. Louis. Prior to that, we lived in the county, in a house owned by the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. On one side our neighbor was the St. Louis...
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I’ve heard it said that Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose was, and still is, an angry, angry man. I have no reason to doubt it. There simply is no denying that they literally burst forth into the...
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“‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” Clement Clarke Moore’s poem never ceases to move me. It awakens memories of Christmases past and...
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Tomorrow, our Bat Mitzvah will tell us the heart-rending story of how our father, Jacob, stole his brother Esau’s blessing. Although the Rabbis produce many exculpatory midrashiim, it was a despicable act....
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Life didn’t feel like what Dorothy felt it should. It felt like there was something missing–something askew–and that she was constantly and consistently on the verge of true happiness but...
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Matthew 25:14-30 Preached Sunday at CAC Friendly Baptist Church (CAC Friendly is a church made up mostly of children — this manuscript was prepared for a 10-year-old audience — the actual congregation was...
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