Month: December 2013
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Moralism and the fat guy
Since we are in the midst of the twelve days, I thought I’d post one further on Christmas. Many of us grew up singing a song about Santa Claus coming to town. We had it drilled in our heads that the guy was keeping score. He had a list and he was all knowing. Nothing…
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I thought it was just me…
When Jane and I started having children, I raised a question in the high school Sunday School class I taught. Did everyone grow up with the Santa Claus myth? There were some students in the class whose parents were very intentional about raising Christian kids and I suspected some of them handled the legend differently…
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A Monkey & An Uncle
This has been a rather difficult couple of weeks. Sunday the 8th was very emotional. We celebrated the life of my brother Steven. It was the strangest thing to celebrate his life and then go eat at the same place we did after his wedding 14 months ago. I keep thinking this is all but…
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Things I am learning from life and death
In the midst of the news of my brothers unexpected and untimely death, I have had a variety of reflections that I want to process or share. They are somewhat random. One is how it struck me that Facebook has become a place to grieve and remember someone. I read a ton of posts about…
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Why I am dreading Sunday
On Sunday December 8 my wife and I will join family members in a funeral home for a viewing and service for my little brother Steve. Last Monday night we got the call that he had gone into cardiac arrest and within a few hours, he passed away. My brother was a mere…
