Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 5 ~ Magi, Miraculous Missions, and Madmen

SEEING the title of today’s post, which is the final installment of our 2025 Christmas series, probably has some of you wondering whether  Continue reading

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Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 4 ~ Drop-in Visits, Shocking Announcements, and ‘News You Can Use’

In the midst of our journey back in time to revisit the original Christmas story in the context of  Continue reading

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Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 3 ~ “O Little Town of Bethlehem”

It’s hard to believe that we’re at week 3 of our Revisiting the Christmas Story series for 2025. And it’s difficult to approach this week’s session without thinking about  Continue reading

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Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 2 ~ Nazareth to Bethlehem

In last week’s Part 1 edition, we were ‘re-introduced’ to Mary, the most uniquely blessed woman in human history, and found her to be quite different from
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Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 1 ~ Introducing Mary

AS the Christmas season approached last year, we invited our readers to join us in making a mental journey back to 1st Century Israel. Our intention was to Continue reading

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A Name for that Day after “Black Friday”

Given our proclivity for applying names to certain otherwise ordinary days, I’m not surprised that someone decided to  Continue reading

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