Emptying Our Way to Fullness, Part 2 ~ “Enough” Already

As we continue our new series on Emptying Our Way to Fullness, we see that in the process of teaching us things we need to know, often God’s first inclination is to  Continue reading

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Emptying Our Way to Fullness, Part 1 ~ The Journey Begins

Like the rest of America and much of the Western world, we awoke on Wednesday morning to the news that  Continue reading

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The Christmas Story Revisited, Part 5 ~ Magi, Miraculous Missions, and Madmen

Seeing the title of this post in finalizing our series, The Christmas Story Revisited, probably has some of you wondering whether I forgot to look at my calendar. Did I not  Continue reading

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

As we’ve been making our journey back in time in our Christmas Story Revisited series, it appears that our current Christmas Day has been Continue reading

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The Christmas Story Revisited, Part 3 ~ Oh Little Hometown of Bethlehem

It’s hard to believe that we’re at week 3 of our Revisiting the Christmas Story series for 2024. And it’s difficult to approach this week’s session without thinking about Continue reading

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The Christmas Story Revisited, Part 2 ~ Nazareth to Bethlehem

In last week’s edition, we were ‘re-introduced’ to Mary, the most uniquely blessed woman in human history, and found her to be quite different from  Continue reading

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