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Manger, Cross, and Resurrection
Recently I've come to notice a juxtaposition in my mind of the major points of Jesus' life when He first came. Not that I don't know these major points of birth, death, and resurrection. They're just closer together in my head than usual. We like Jesus as a baby in...
Outside Your Holiday Bubble
It is very easy for us to get caught up in our own bubble around the holidays. We have gifts to buy for some very special people, the gifts need to be perfect for each person, the gifts need to arrive on time, and they need to be wrapped. We have parties, musicals,...
Thankfulness, Giving, and Receiving
We're at that transition between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Or rather we're at the sudden snap right to Christmas! But just because we're suddenly more eager to buy things for others and ourselves, that doesn't mean we aren't allowed to still be thankful. While the...
Give Thanks… But to Whom?
A lot of us are gathering around tables with family today to eat lots of food and talk about how thankful we are. But who are we thanking? We got all this stuff from somewhere. I can be thankful all I want, but if I'm thankful to no one and nothing, then what's the...
There’s Always a Reason to Be Thankful
In Sunday School yesterday I was in two classes: the elementary grades to play piano, and the two and three year olds to help teach. Both had some interesting points on God giving us things and for us being thankful. In the elementary class one of the boys said he was...
Utopia and the Strife of Life
So I recently found out about a man named John B. Calhoun who built a utopia for mice (specifically Universe 25). Go look up the details, it's all oddly interesting. But spoiler alert: it didn't work. The experiment was conducted to study social behavior, and some...