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I remember so well when we turned the calendar from 1999 to 2000.  Beginning a new century was a big deal!  Now I am stunned to realize that one quarter of that century has passed us by.  Can it be? … Continue reading →

‘Tis the season and time in our Christmas season for the Magi to visit Jesus. The Gospel of Matthew mentions Jesus was about two years old by the time the Magi arrived.  They bore gifts of frankincense, gold, and myrrh. In … Continue reading →

Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Hal Borland (An American writer, journalist and naturalist) We frequently come in contact with new things in … Continue reading →

Well, it is a new year! Best wishes for a new beginning. However, it is still a dark time of the year. It gets dark so quickly in the afternoon, even though it is moving toward a longer day. The … Continue reading →

Today commemorates Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe, a Lutheran Pastor who had great influence on Lutheranism in the United States even though he never set foot here. Loehe (1808-1872) was born in  Fürth in Western Bavaria. He studied theology at the … Continue reading →

  We’re standing on the threshold of a new year. We wish we could see the best path through the coming months. We hope we will make the correct decisions. We want to avoid the pitfalls of our human frailty. … Continue reading →

Just what was the star in the East? The old charts and wisdom and folklore only take us so far with any certainty. Why? Because we don’t know precisely when Jesus was born.  December 25th? Highly suspect. It was Emperor … Continue reading →

I don’t think you’ll see the moon in the sky tonight.  It’s in the phase called “New Moon.”  If the sky is clear, it will be darker than usual, the stars may appear brighter.   Wait until tomorrow night and you’ll … Continue reading →

Personally, I have had dogs my whole life. Our last dog, Geoffrey, was a small, Italian Greyhound, who was handsome, smart and uniquely special to us! From some random airborne dog virus, that had, at that time, been in 20+ … Continue reading →

What will 2025 bring for us?  The possibilities of what the future might bring are countless and we in fact can’t predict with much accuracy what the events will be.   When speaking of the future, Spanish-speaking people often use the … Continue reading →