“Those who don’t learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” (George Santayana) And sometimes, even when we know our history, we repeat it! Psalm 78 is a loose accounting of the history of the Hebrew nation up to the time of David. It is a story we continue to repeat; a history of our […]
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As you sow, so shall you reap. Beware the yeast of the Pharisees. Consider the lilies. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Every valley shall be exalted and every hill laid low. Fear not. Give and gifts will be given to you, good measure, packed together, shaken down and overflowing. […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability Hour after hour. Around in circles on the school parking lot, I remember running alongside my children, supporting their bikes lest they topple, picking them up when they fell, putting them back on again. Hour after hour, I taught and coached them. Summer after summer. Stopping and starting. Slowing […]
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Advent – Season of Hope Where is my teacher, the one I trust? He leads me where I would rather not go and teaches me what I would rather not learn. His lessons are hard to accept and yet good, oh so good to those who have a developed a taste for them. Bitter in […]
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