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conversation with my son: forgiving

{ This Advent, We Mourn }

23 Dec, 2014

Our streets tremble these days. They quake with so much wrong and woe. How can we think of green garlands and twinkle lights, or send carolers out…

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{ Deeper Story: none to comfort }

15 Dec, 2014

I used to anticipate Christmas. I anticipated The Birth, the joy and the peace. The weeks of waiting, called Advent, intensified the arrival of the baby. The…

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Week With Walter: Russ Graeff

29 Apr, 2013

Russ and I met in college – in Freshmen Composition, to be exact. Smart, witty, kind – he stood out in a quiet way that I admired.…

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{ Deeper Story: a new world for christmas }

24 Dec, 2012

As a little girl I understood Christmas connected to a certain salvation story. Jesus came into the world to die on the cross and rise to save…

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christmas in burundi

13 Dec, 2012

Christmas in Burundi is much different than Christmas celebrated in the United States. Trees remain firmly planted in the African soil, not cut and carried into homes…

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Jesus is the reason for the season (exactly how?)

12 Dec, 2012

  ‘Jesus is the reason for the season.’ Growing up in the church and a series of other concentric Christian circles over the years, this is an…

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{ ShePonders: Emmanuel }

06 Dec, 2012

When you attend the local Christmas pageant this year, I doubt King Ahaz will make the cast of familiar characters. But for today we will begin our…

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