January 2025 began with a very exciting proposition…we were getting a puppy! I would say in many regards Nugget (though we had no name yet) was the biggest story of our year. But let me start with the book I was reading on January 1, 2025. It was Star Spangled Jesus, a look at the…
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Family insights
By the couch in the living room is a small red basket that contains Nuggets “toys”. These are stuffies and other small items which he loves to play with. None more than his lamb! In the evening we usually pick up the things he has scattered about in the day and put them there. Then…
A new heaven and a new earth
The Christmas story has lots of details. We know of the visits of the angels to Mary, to Joseph, to the shepherds, and to Simeon. We know of the shepherds, the magi, and the historical context of Augustus Caesar, the oppression of the Roman Empire and the timing of Joseph and Mary’s visit to Bethlehem….
