“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Happy Easter, EVERYBODY
This year, the Julian calendar used by the Western Church and the Gregorian calendar used by the Eastern Church coincide, so it’s everyone’s Easter Sunday. This includes our Coptic brothers and sister, who use their own calendar system. So many calendars. Despite our calenderic (new word!) differences, we all calculate when Easter falls based on […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Telling THE story
One of the purposes of art is to tell a story. The story of Jesus, particularly his death and resurrection, has been told in art again and again. In painting, drama, song, and literature, we tell over and over again the gospel — that Christ died for our sins and rose again that we […]
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Be smarter
Tuesday morning was the first of four total lunar eclipses that will occur over the next 18 months. The total lunar eclipse is often called a blood moon because. . . science. Something about the light spectrum (explanation here, scroll down a bit). Why is the sky blue and all that jazz. Apparently, some Christian […]
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Palm Funday!
I know. I’m ashamed of myself. Actually, my Palm Sunday does not include the traditional activities that make Palm Sunday fun, namely sword fights with palm branches. This is because my church doesn’t do the traditional handing out of palm branches either because they’re killjoys or they’re smart. Smart killjoys? For those who do attend […]
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Good works
One of my favorite descriptions in the Bible is of Tabitha in the book of Acts. She cared for the poor, sewing clothes for the widows. Acts says, “This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did.” (Acts 9:36, NKJV) I love that picture of there being a reservoir of good […]
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Treasure
We have approximately 10 billion Bibles in this house. Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration. But we have well over a dozen copies of various versions in addition to e-books on phones and Kindles. We also have half a dozen different story Bibles and Bible dictionaries, concordances, and commentaries. We are wealthy with the Word of […]
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We’re doing it wrong
Listen, I know only a couple of weeks ago I wrote some hard things about when we shouldn’t engage the culture. As Christians, we have to be careful not to be mindless consumers of whatever is served in the name of entertainment. But you know what’s not good? Hiding in our little Christian or conservative […]
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Empty Shelf Challenge: Crazy Love
The third book on my shelf is another book for the Mother-Daughter book club/project/thing* I’m doing with my daughters. I really need to finish some of the others or this shelf will be all about them. Which I guess wouldn’t be a bad thing. Before I get to the book, I thought I’d back up […]
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Pondering over a picture
This image came from the ongoing political protests in Ukraine. I’ll admit I don’t really know what’s going on there. The government has banned protests in Kyiv, creepy text messages have been sent to protesters, and people have died. But I don’t know the whys and wherefores of the disagreement. (If anyone has a good sum-up, […]
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The prayer of a righteous person
Years ago, my grandmother had a stroke. She couldn’t remember her name,or her husband or my mom. She was confused about almost everything, but she kept saying, “I don’t know who I am, but I know my Jesus loves me.” Her faith is so deeply rooted that in a time of great distress it brought her […]
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