Monthly Archives: December 2014

Christmas Eve Reflections

Posted on December 24, 2014 by John

On this Christmas Eve Connie and I have been touched once again by the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from Kings College, Cambridge, England.   Two bits of verse from the carols especially touched me.   Here is the … Continue reading →

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Advent People during Anxious Times

Posted on December 10, 2014 by John

I returned to the congregation I served as pastor for a dozen years and was refreshed by the community of Christ and a service of Lessons and Carols for Advent.   I was thirsty for Advent. I don’t buy into … Continue reading →

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Handling the Primal

Posted on December 5, 2014 by John

“I want to hold her,” Connie pleaded with me.   She rolled up her shirt and undershirt and took puppy Number One from me. An hour or so before I had called to Connie, “We’re losing her.”       Tiny, … Continue reading →

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