A Dilemma for us all . . . "After the rapture, there will be a lot of speculation as to why millions of people have just disappeared. Unfortunately, after the rapture, only non believers will be left to come up with answers. You probably have family and friends that you have witnessed to and they [...]

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I’m not in the habit of praying much these days. It’s a bad lack of a habit I suppose, but it’s not unusual for me. I guess I’ve never been a regular when it comes to prayer. It comes and goes, and I don’t worry about it too much, though perhaps it’s a sin that [...]

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These are better than white elephant gifts . . . you will covet these and be so sad you didn’t receive one of them for Christmas . . . (make sure you click on each item and read about it – my personal favorite is day 10) Link: Ship of Fools: The 12 Days of [...]

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Will Willimon posts a great article by Bill Mckibben on his blog. Definitely worth checking out if you have time . . . Link: A Peculiar Prophet: The Christian Paradox.

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In school, forgetting is a bad thing. It means you don’t remember: what you’ve learned, what you were supposed to do, your lunch . . . it means something went wrong. Being something of an obsessive compulsive student, I’ve always thought forgetting was the worst thing. But in this season of waiting and preparing, I’ve [...]

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The doors to the church are usually locked, which is perhaps a good topic for another post, so that the staff knows who’s in the building – a security issue mainly. But someone left the door unlocked this morning when they left and a man walked in an hour or so later. He was dressed [...]

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Elizabeth! You are not Sally or Sarah…which means a comment from you is a very welcome surprise. So, yay for you. Anyway…let me go down your list. I agree with what you said about religion in schools. It is an obnoxious debate that will probably never go away. And religion is a large part of [...]

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No one gave Sarah permission to write on this blog! What is this?? I do not take over blogs lightly, and this “serendipity” excursion is no exception! So, I have changed the password to the blog. Sorry, Sarah, but we cannot have any more of your unsolicited antics. This is my blog now…I apologize to [...]

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What do you do when you are living Easter in the middle of Lent? Some days you skip chapel because it is too dry and too depressing. Some days you remember the Lent period – the time you just came through – the dry period and you give great thanks for the resurrection. Mostly . [...]

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This weekend marks the second anniversary of our country’s involvement in the war in Iraq. It is also the beginning of holy week and I am struck by the timing. Ever since the peace of Constantine in the 4th century (look what they teach you in seminary) Christianity has struggled with being an accepted and [...]

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