Pastoral Prayer: Lord God Almighty, we are always looking to move up. We call them our forever homes as if we will live in them forever. Sure, we mean to say that we don’t plan to need another house, a bigger and nicer one. Until, of course, we see … Continue reading
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My friends over at Crackers & Grape Juice are providing daily Advent Devotionals. Last week I offered some reflections on Isaiah 5:13-25. Even though we are
Recently the website theundefeated.com posted a letter by the NBA’s Washington Wizards guard, John Wall. Wall wrote the letter to his dead father. … Continue reading
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’Twas the Night Before
Isaiah 62; Luke 1:46-55
On Dunder and Blixem! To the top the porch to the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!
Donder and Blixem? Really? Can’t the preacher even get their names right?
Our Anglicized version is Donner and … Continue reading
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Reading the many Facebook comments, Twitter feeds, and some articles, one wonders if we have lost our ear for the prophetic. Rooting out things as they are could characterize the words of any an Old Testament prophet. One would think that now that we are in 2014, almost 2015, … Continue reading
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