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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
As surely you have noticed, most of our American Christmas customs have nothing to do with the Birth of Jesus Christ. They’re secular – that is, without any specific religious connotations. That doesn’t mean they’re evil. Many of them are good or lovely or fun. But first, there’s one thing about secular Christmas which I […]
Read More »I know… Some of you have heard these stories before. But some of you haven’t, and you really need to hear them. Besides, the good old stories always deserve re-telling. That’s why the Church year repeats itself, year after year after year. We’re doing two weeks on Saint Nicholas. Last week we covered the life […]
Read More »Everybody knows Saint Nicholas belongs in December – so what is he doing here in May? It’s because May 9 is a lesser and almost unknown feast day of Saint Nicholas, the day when… we’ll come to that. Keep reading. Over the past few years, I have sometimes referred you back to old posts about […]
Read More »1. Santa Claus! And now you know why Santa Claus is dressed in red. 2. Six Surprising Ways Jesus Changed the world by John Ortberg, Senior Pastor, Presbyterian Church, Menlo Park, California My notes: This article was written during the 2012 Presidential campaign. I left it unaltered, except for two explanatory footnotes. We hear much […]
Read More »Wednesday November 30: My email tells me that this week’s Post has just been published. I do believe I must have pushed the “publish” key two days early. Uh…whoops. However, this Post is almost ready to go. All I need to do is correct a few typos. This will give you more time to real all […]
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