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Advent: Love If you want to see people very happy, I have a place and time for you to look.  Go to an airport a few days before Christmas.  You don’t have to go inside the airport, just to...

Advent:  Joy The third week of the Advent season has the theme of Joy.  Sometimes the candle that is lit on this week is called the shepherd’s candle.  That is because joy is mentioned...

Think of this one word for a minute:  Peace.   What comes to mind when you do?   Now, what if I put this in front of it:  God’s Peace.  Does that change the meaning...

Happy New Year! I am referring to the Christian calendar of course.  The church calendar begins with the Advent season.  The word advent is derived from the Latin “adventus” which means “coming.”...

You hope for a good roommate when you go to college.  My wife got one, thankfully.  The two of them hit it off pretty well, and she was invited to dinner with her roommate’s family during a visit. ...

Tis the Season for catalogs.  How may have come to your mailbox?  I got 5 of them before I even started thinking about Thanksgiving.  And they just keep coming.  I like catalogs,...

Why do we have engagement rings?   Isn’t it enough just to agree to get married without one?  Do you really need to have a shiny rock on a finger in order to commit to a full-time relationship? ...

There is a popular hymn sung around this time of year called “We Gather Together.”  You have probably heard of it.  Most congregations sing it the week before Thanksgiving.  If you need...

Do you RSVP? Have you ever sent out invitations and people have not responded to you?  Of course you have.  This happens all the time.  What did you do about it?   Not responding...

The end cap in a retail store is a place of wonder for me.  You know what this is, right?  It is the pace at the end of each aisle.  Companies pay a premium to get their products on an end...