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The Blessed Theology of “Enough”
When I was young (back when gifts only appeared on birthdays and Christmas and allowances were a kid’s only means of obtaining stuff in between) I used to try to save up for things. Sometimes, the thing I wanted was truly out of reach. I can recall once or twice my parents asking how much …[ read more ]
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If You Love Your Children, Don’t Make Their Christmas Dreams Come True
According to all the commercials and the holiday specials, Christmas is about making dreams come true. Funny, no one told Jesus. But then, He didn’t come to work for Walt Disney. Ask Mary. It probably wasn’t her dream to start her married life under a cloud of suspicion. Ask Joseph. It wasn’t his dream to …[ read more ]
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When Christmas is a Loaded Gun
The news is loaded with gun stories this time of year, have you noticed? Yesterday was the gunman in the school board meeting in Florida. The bravery of a woman with a big purse (remind me to supersize my pocketbook), the board member who offered his own life for the others’ freedom, the miraculous bullet …[ read more ]