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Two days since that last post and no comments. That’s what I get for abandoning my blog for six days. I should have posted one of those “I’m not going to be posting for a few days, so hang in there” kind of things, but at the time I didn’t know that the [...]

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I’m revising the Haggadah we use, again.
The Haggadah (for the uninitiated) is, literally, “the telling” of the Passover Seder. (And the Seder, for the uninitiated, is, literally, the order of the Passover meal–the evening’s liturgy.) Portions of the Haggadah go back to the time of Christ and beyond, but as all [...]

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As many (if not most?) Presbyterian churches do, every Lord’s Day as a part of our worship we have a Prayer of Confession followed by an Assurance of Pardon (actually we call it the Declaration of Forgiveness in our order of worship).
A friend of mine, who is also the best preacher in South Mississippi (if [...]

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Here’s a no-doubt classic album by international sensation Heino.
The title, roughly translated, is: “Dear Mother . . . a bouquet that never wilts.”

Heino reminds me of one of the Andorians on the old “Star Trek” series:

The blue sticker on the album cover says, “A gift for the entire year.” No doubt!
I wonder if Heino [...]

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There has been a case of Mad Cow Disease reported in Alabama. Alabama, not England, not Canada. Good ole, two-states-away, we-dare-defend-our-rights Alabama.
When Mad Cow Disease started being reported in the UK several years ago, all I knew about the disease was what the newspapers reported, which wasn’t much.
Now I know that “Mad Cow [...]

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HT to Mark:

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I am no longer allowing my children to listen to Christian radio, unless and until we get a Christian radio station other than AFR.
(And I say this as the pastor of the church that houses the AFR station in town.)
Now I know what many of you are saying. “It’s the music, right?” Well, I [...]

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Buster and I left the house yesterday morning for Camp T. L. James for a Cub Scout “Dad and Lad” weekend, only for us it wasn’t a weekend–it was an all-day-Saturday-and-come-home-really-late-Saturday-night thing, since I had to be at church this morning. It turned out to be a 13-hour day for both of us. [...]

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Please allow me to “go off” for just a few moments.
I’ll try not to be mean or sarcastic, but this really bothers me.
Let me back up: the other day, we received a PSA (Public Service Announcement) to run on the church’s radio station. As soon as it was dropped off at the office, [...]

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We’re all finite creatures, and all of us have limited knowledge: extremely limited, in light of all there is in the universe. But, by God’s grace each of us does have knowledge. We have each been given insterests, talents, and abilities. Many people pursue those interests through education and training to [...]

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