“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”

~ Oscar Wilde

A Favorite Christmas Musing – Swaddling Cloths

2016-10-13T10:43:03-04:00December 19th, 2015|Favorite Christmas Musings, Uncategorized|

It was just about midnight on Christmas Eve and everyone was commenting on what a beautiful service it had been – with joyful Christmas carols, the telling of the Christmas story, a wonderful message preached, and the glorious service of candle lighting and the singing of “Silent Night.” Everyone was happy. Everyone except Hazel. I was just a seminary student at the time and I don’t know why she picked me to complain to, but Hazel caught up to me out in the narthex of this big Methodist Church. She got right up in my face and I thought [READ MORE]

A Favorite Christmas Musing – The Star

2015-12-20T23:46:43-05:00December 18th, 2015|Favorite Christmas Musings, Uncategorized|

At the time of the first Christmas, it is written that Wise Men from the East came to Jerusalem seeking the Christ Child. They came because they had seen a star and something about the star caught their attention. Perhaps its brilliance – or its peculiar position in the heavens – or something about its conjunction with other heavenly bodies made them look up and take notice. And the star spoke to their hearts. In its light, the Wise Men experienced the love of God! And that’s more miraculous than you might realize! You know, Alpha Centauri is the [READ MORE]

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