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ADVENT WEEK 1 TRANSLATION
As promised, I have posted my translation from the Greek New Testament of the Gospel readings for the first week of Advent. Luke 20:1-8 It happened on one of those days as he was teaching and evangelizing the people in the temple that the chief priests and the scribes with the elders attacked. They said […]
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IN(DEBT)ED
Yesterday I was listening to NPR—which is a sin in some camps but I still love it—and there was an amazing piece on the Debt Commission and their upcoming recommendations to Congress and the President. The reporter for the piece was Mara Liasson. As a note, she’d better watch out because I think she sometimes […]
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WHY I LOVE ADVENT
Yesterday our church (www.fbcpo.org) started our annual journey through Advent. I freely confess Advent is one of my most favorite times of the year. So often we confuse Advent with the season of Christmas. The two are designed to be separate. Advent prepares us spiritually for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ our […]