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Sunday’s Best: Star Light, Star Bright?
There’s not much seasonal humor in this week’s Sunday funnies. The classic Calvin and Hobbes is brilliant as always (with a great final panel). Frazz is funny, even if it ends up being a fart joke. But I think it’s … Continue reading
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Sunday’s Best: A Day Late but Not a Dollar Short
Yesterday was the beginning of Advent; it was also a solid day in the Sunday funnies. The snow is already falling in Charles Schulz’s classic Peanuts. For some reason, the final panel struck me as being particularly funny (which is … Continue reading
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In the Darkness, Waiting (Advent Week One)
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, which marks the beginning of a new year in the church calendar. (Last Sunday was Christ the King Sunday, a recent addition to the church calendar that mostly only liturgical churches celebrate.) As … Continue reading
The Good Shepherd (and a quick word on 49)
This past Sunday, many churches celebrated Mother’s Day. Other churches also commemorated “Good Shepherd Sunday,” which is celebrated every fourth Sunday of Easter. The key text for the day is John 10, where Jesus says: 11 “I am the good shepherd. … Continue reading
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The End of Break (and a turn in the road)
And just like that, spring break has come to an end. For all intents and purposes, the turn of the calendar from Saturday to Sunday brings with it a change in disposition, of direction, when conversations and thoughts turn in … Continue reading
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A Long January
April may be the cruelest month, but January feels like the longest. That seems to be the way that some people feel, at least. Maybe it’s because the end of December is more loosey-goosey and less defined and then the … Continue reading
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Once More with Resolve
While I don’t think big decisions should be made on little etymological nuances, those nuances are often intriguing. Case in point: resolve and resolutions. Counselor and author Chip Dodd starts his January newsletter with some thoughts on the terms: Resolution … Continue reading
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Resolved But Never Solved
I’m sitting in the A-gates area of the Denver International Airport. I’ve spent the last nine days in Tennessee seeing family and friends, and it was a really good trip. I learned some time ago that the only way to … Continue reading
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One Season Turns to Another
And so one season turns to another, the the folks in Frazz are right, time tends to blend things together in weird ways. Twelve days for Christmas can be nice, though difficult to hold together when things in the world … Continue reading
Pentecost and the Passage of Time
Yesterday was the day of Pentecost in the church calendar, a celebration of the sending of the Spirit 50 days after the resurrection of Jesus. I marked the occasion yesterday with a song, but I want to say one or … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 