Tag: Christmas
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Slightly Obsessed #252: Traditions, Expectations, and a Pandemic
What is left when a pandemic takes down our world? And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.’ When the angels had gone away from them…
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Slightly Obsessed #231: Suddenly
In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid;…
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Slightly Obsessed #167: The Year I Broke Christmas
And He who sits on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ – Revelation 21:5 It’s all a blur in my head, the snippet of a memory more than fifty years back. I couldn’t have been more than five and my little brother was two or three. Christmas came late…
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Slightly Obsessed #133: What Will Your Tomorrow Bring?
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. – Luke 2:13 The night lay heavily over the fields, formless and void, just like every other night. The man finished his patrol and returned to the small fire where the others gathered to warm up. He pulled up…
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Slightly Obsessed #132: Transformed
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. – 2 Corinthians 3:18 The skeleton lay in its dusty box, long hidden from the sun. I knelt down and…
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Slightly Obsessed #095: The Best Gifts
You do not have because you do not ask. – James 4:2 The big box stood conspicuously in the airport. Shaped like a large present but sporting a huge monitor, it displayed a cheery message inviting airline travelers to the screen to swipe their tickets there. People like me who are naturally suspicious…
