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Crashing the Creche

Merchants running with their carts like peddlers at a parade, camp prostitutes trying to get a look at the baby, roman soldiers investigating the cause of the commotion, animals in an uproar and at least a few heavenly guardians in the room. The night was certainly holy, but definitely NOT silent. Now I need to find a bunch of new figures for my nativity scene! Continue reading

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Walking to Emmaus

There’s a small town in Pennsylvania named Emmaus.  The town has just over 11,000 people living in just under 3 square miles.  Emmaus is home to Rodale – the publishers of Organic Gardening magazine and many other fine magazines and … Continue reading

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I Choose Life

Do you remember the U.K. pop group “Wham!”?  George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley fronted the group.  I really enjoyed the video for their 1984 hit “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.”  Maybe it was the light-hearted tone of the song … Continue reading

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An Epiphany

I’m not sure what just happened; it all went by so fast.  We went to bed on Christmas Eve with gifts wrapped and neatly placed beneath the tree.   By noon the following day, our living room looked like it was … Continue reading

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Candlelight

Have you ever been in complete darkness; that pitch black, unable to see your hand in front of your face kind of darkness?  It’s a weird sensation; probably similar to blindness.  I’m not afraid of the dark, but I must … Continue reading

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Dead or Alive?

Botany is used to illustrate points in many passages in the Bible. God uses grass, lilies, fig trees, seeds, weeds, and grapevines to make allegorical references to the way our lives are lived. I’d learned of this old grape variety … Continue reading

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