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“Friendship Seeds”, Part 3 ~ It Has to Start Somewhere
Well, it looks like I did it again – as in, somehow I let 💝💕 VALENTINE’s DAY 💕💝 sneak up on me … You guys have never done that, right? You’d think after all the
Time for Some Spiritual Counterinsurgency
When I watch the news these days, I sometimes feel a real kinship with Jesus’ disciples, James and John. Given the awful scenes we’ve
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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
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
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
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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