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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
By Charlie Johnston
I love Christmas music, but I don't love modern Christmas music.
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Wisdom
Wisdom
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
In a Christmas play, when a disingenuous kindergartner flubbed his lines he referred to the Magi as “the three Wise Guys." Truly they must have been wise with a God-infused supernatural wisdom; somehow they were led to perceive that a newborn Baby in a distant country was the great Messiah expected from ages past.
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Day 230 – The Woman Healed
Day 230 – The Woman Healed
By David Vermont
Today we read the story of the woman who sneaks up behind Jesus, touches the hem of his garment and is healed of a continuous flow of blood. What’s curious about this incident is it first seems that the woman is healed without Jesus’ intending it.
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Self-Worth
Self-Worth
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Nutritionists like to quote the ancient adage, “You are what you eat.” While it is true that our body is basically made of and sustained by what we eat, that’s not the essential constituent of our being, or even of our personality.
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Day 229 – What makes a family?
Day 229 – What makes a family?
By David Vermont
Today we read the famous scene when Mary and Jesus’ relatives come to see Jesus but they can’t get to him because of the crowd.
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Salvation
Salvation
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
When we realize that we’re sinners--a weakness derived from the original sin of our protoparents, Adam and Eve--and that we’re not good enough to meet God’s standards, and realize how helpless we are on our own, we are given the choice to be lifted out of that bondage or to remain in it.
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Day 228 – John the Baptist's Questions for Jesus
Day 228 – John the Baptist's Questions for Jesus
By David Vermont
John the Baptist was the preordained herald of the Messiah. He fulfilled is mission perfectly. He clearly knew who Jesus was and announced him as such when Jesus came to the Jordan river to be baptized.
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The Karate Kid, a False Fire Alarm, and Calvinism
The Karate Kid, a False Fire Alarm, and Calvinism
By Scott Pauline
Well, OK, I got into a useless debate with a Calvinist, at least useless to convert him. But I still shared the truth, and I am gonna share the truth with y’all now in hopes it might help with a more reasonable Calvinism.
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Binding Trump
Binding Trump
By Peter Darcy
Readers may remember a curious piece of Trump Derangement trivia that hit the culture in the months following Donald Trump’s inauguration. Beginning with the waning moon in February, a bevy of witches vowed to cast a “binding spell” on President Trump with the intention of destroying his presidency.
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Scripture
Scripture
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
A tour guide who was showing a group of people through a steel mill astonished his listeners by saying that they could painlessly wipe their finger briefly through a small stream of glowing molten steel poured from a ladle, but only if the finger was first wet and dusted.
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Day 227 – Enter Under My Roof
Day 227 – Enter Under My Roof
By David Vermont
Today’s reading: Luke 7:1-23 Today we are in Luke, Chapter 7 and the account of Jesus healing the slave of a Centurion.
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God never gives us more than we can handle... right?
God never gives us more than we can handle... right?
By Lisa Mayer
I used to think this. But then I'd think to myself... this and this is happening. Wait, I can't handle this. This is too much. I have anxiety. I have depression. I'm mega stressed out. God, why are you doing this to me? Sound familiar?
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Day 226 – Hearers and Doers
Day 226 – Hearers and Doers
By David Vermont
Today’s reading: 6:32-49 In an easy to understand and straightforward passage, Jesus instructs us that good works are part of our obligation as Christians.
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Perseverance
Perseverance
By Linda Kracht
We have discussed many virtues this past year. Virtuous living draws us out of ourselves and that’s why it is important to keep talking about the ways to arm ourselves (and our children) with virtue. Each virtue is inextricably linked to supporting virtue(s); what an added boost! Virtues that have their fullest effect are practiced/put to work with love.
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Guilt
Guilt
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Someone, probably a clever TV evangelist, coined a quirky definition for the virtue of trusting in God: he calls it the “bathtub of the soul.” There’s nothing like a bath or shower to restore a soiled body with refreshing cleanliness; yet, a sense of absolute cleanliness of one’s soul is even more refreshing and delightful.
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Day 225 – Jesus Selects the Apostles
Day 225 – Jesus Selects the Apostles
By David Vermont
Today’s reading: Luke 6:1-31 Stuck right in between important passages on the Sabbath and Luke’s version of the Beatitudes is an important passage that often gets overlooked
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Contemplation
Contemplation
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Oliver Cromwell, the Puritan Lord Protector of England, had his own quaint form of grace that he piously recited before each meal: “Some people have food but no appetite; some people have an appetite but no food. I have both. The Lord be praised!”
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