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Merry Christmas, GDA
“We could have been homeschooling”, I reflected while dishing out the annual cash to the kids for the GDA Christmas store. There would have been no kids Christmas concert. No classroom parties. No teacher gifts to buy. And if that had been the the way that 2024 faded into 2025, we would have been ok.…
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It Doesn’t Work Without Flesh and Blood
Communion Meditation – December 2024 Joh_6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. Just as there are boys who falsely think that kicking a ball or shooting a gun in a video game are equivalent to kicking a real ball or…
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Choosing Christmas Presents for the Kids
Thanksgiving dinner is still digesting but Black Friday deals wait for no man. Although, TBH, my inclination towards any Black Friday purchases is pretty low this year, partially because finances are tight and partially because living space is tight during some housing transitions we are working through. But gift giving is a part of our…
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Does the Digital Age Favor Roman Catholicism over Evangelicalism?
Like most pastors, I have been reflecting on the pattern of declining church attendance over the last few decades. Within my own quarter of a century of ministry at my local church, we have witnessed the loss of the Sunday evening service (attendance had dropped so low that we did not “bring it back” following…
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The Election is Over. Now What?
We are three days past the elections here in the United States. Now what? Specifically, what can Christians learn and what do Christians need to do in this moment? I thought of some reasons to be thankful, some reasons to be hopeful, and some challenges that lie ahead of us. I am thankful that the…




