Tag: All Saints Day
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We Could Be (or at least think about) Heroes
All Saints Day is not really a holiday Baptists embrace, but perhaps we should. No, I don’t mean veneration of the seemingly countless number of Patron Saints who litter some calendars but I mean the point of it all, which is to remember the heroes and seek to emulate their lives, or at least the…
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ALL HEROES DAY AKA ALL SAINTS DAY
This is the last re-posting I’ll make during the week of “Hallows Eve.” Next week I will return with original content; assuming I can come up with something. A bit of sadness marks this particular re-posting as the only living member of the “heroes on the wall club” died a couple of months ago. I’ve…
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AUTUMN–A WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR
NOTE: As we near Halloween, I will be reposting older blogs on this theme. This post was originally titled “Autumn’s Miscellany.” If you want more Halloween themed writing, you can always read my new story, Jolly Rogers: A Story About Boyhood which is set on a magical Halloween night. If not, enjoy the post below…
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ALL SAINTS–A DAY FOR HEROES
I’ve spent some time this morning reflecting on the nature of All Saints Day and what it might mean for me; a Protestant who rejects using the word saint for anything other than a description of any Christ-follower; which is how the New Testament uses it. The problem is I completely understand the human impulse…