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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...

You know what the letters “WWJD” mean right?  They stand for “What Would Jesus Do?”  But do you know the history of this?  How long ago do you think it was when this phrase was first coined?...

I am sure you have seen people on the street asking for money.  Sometimes the person has a sign that they hold up.  Sometimes there is a child with them, or a pet.  Sometimes the person...

Do you want to know what the problem with children’s Sunday School is?  It’s that you get certain bible stories ingrained in you, and you hear them so often that you believe you know everything about...