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Another Transfiguration

November 5, 2020

As on that mountain, as in this year, all our plans are overthrown, and following Jesus doesn’t look the way it did before.

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Tagged With: Bible, BlackLivesMatter, COVID-19, Pandemic, Race, Transfiguration
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Aliens, right?

Truly Alien

May 27, 2017

I was in Lexington, KY, in May of 1977 with my 2 younger brothers when Grandpa Wetzel dropped us off at the theater to see what he said was “Winnie-the-Pooh.”

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Tagged With: #StarWars40th, Family, Movies, SF, Star Wars, Winnie the Pooh
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Revising the Story of the First Thanksgiving

November 26, 2015

how can we receive the gifts history offers and use them to practice moral reflection, rather than judgement? Here’s the story we read as part of our celebration of an American Thanksgiving with church family and strangers from other shores.

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Realists of a Larger Reality

November 19, 2014

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.” – Ursala K. LeGuin

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Purity & Love

February 14, 2014

“If only you saw what I can see, you’d understand why I need your modesty.”

So… virtue = being careful to stay out of the way of the sinfulness of young men. “That’s what makes you beautiful.” Got it.

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Tagged With: Gender, Holidays, Marriage, Parenting, Psychology, Sex, Valentine's Day, Virtue
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The First Thanksgiving: Eight Lessons for Learning from History

November 14, 2013

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series The First Thanksgiving

Putting together a coherent story from evidence is hard work. No wonder we reach for story first and evidence after, unless the discipline of History can teach us better habits!

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Tagged With: Evidence, History, Holidays, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving
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