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The divine beauty of planning a Thanksgiving dinner
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3 min read
Thanksgiving is all about the food. That is how must Americans experience Thanksgiving: by eating through it. There are three kinds of Thanksgiving dinners: Always the same. Changing or negotiating between families Eating out. The Same The menu is pretty static for most of us. Turkey and carbs. And for many, the experience is also…
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Thanksgiving
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5 min read
Episode 7 November 24, 2021
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The worries of this life
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3 min read
A devotional for the First Sunday of Advent Collect Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when…
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Thanks
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1 min read
a season of gratitude and anticipation As we prepare, gather, and eat dinners over a long holiday weekend or campout for the “best deals of the season” at the annual shopping bacchanalia, we are drawn by the season to an attitude of gratitude. The funny thing is just how alien thankfulness sounds in 2021. I…
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The Right Decision
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2 min read
We agonize about getting our decisions “right.” When we do this, we show anxiety about the future. If we’re in the middle of deciding, then it isn’t in the future. It’s something happening right now. But once it’s decided, it is no longer present. It immediately becomes the past. The problem is that usually the…
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Better Than a King
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8 min read
Christians have long called Jesus their king as a way of describing his place. The trouble is just how much that limits him.
Make a New Normal
