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Tonight I know two families who are waiting for loved ones to die. Both have been ill a long time, so being released from the physical problems of this world will be a blessing. Both have spouses that will grieve deeply. Both are believers. But Christmas is a strange timeContinue Reading

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Change. Transition. “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” “God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” “It’s all the same, only the names are changed.” “When you go through the storms I am with you…you are mine.” “Not everyone likes the new things.” At this timeContinue Reading

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I received an email subscription that I thought fit into the Advent season, even though its writer is Rabbi Daniel Lapin. I copied the text of the devotion below (but left off the advertisements!). [P.S. I can’t get the devotion to look formatted correctly here – if you can’t readContinue Reading

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Sometimes God answers “yes,” sometimes “no,” and sometimes “wait.”Anticipation. Waiting. Expecting. Hoping. Waiting some more. “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” (Eccl. 3:1 NIV) Prophecies hundreds of years old telling of a coming Messiah. A couple eagerly awaiting the results of aContinue Reading

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O holy child of BethlehemDescend to us we prayCast out our sin and enter inBe born in us todayWe hear the Christmas angelsThe great glad tidings tellO come to us abide with usOur Lord Emmanuel  4-6John the Baptizer appeared in the wild, preaching a baptism of life-change that leads toContinue Reading