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Songs of Christmas evoke some sentimental memories

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One of my favorite things about Christmas is the music. I grew up singing Christmas carols at church (and at school back then) and they have stuck with me. I even learned on in Spanish – O Pueblecito de Belen (O Little Town of Bethlehem). Here are some of my favorite Christmas songs: – White…

A 68-year-old Christmas stocking adorns our Christmas tree

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When we first had our kids, my wife wanted a real tree. I told her that wouldn’t be practical because the sap would run out of the tree and the floor would get sticky. She then reminded me that we had two sons, and everything in the house was already sticky. Once again, I had…

Capitalism is not the cause of environmental destruction

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Speaking on November 25 in the European Parliament (EP), left wing politician Mick Wallace voiced a hopelessly misguided theme we will likely hear more of during the big UN climate conference being held in Madrid from Dec 2 – 13: ‘capitalism did it.’ According to people like Wallace, the main problem for the environment is…

I’m going to get my grandchildren toys for Christmas

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My daughter told me not to buy any more toys for my 18-month-old granddaughter for Christmas. Right. I have only been a grandparent for 18 months and that is not a whole lot of time to spoil a granddaughter. And now, I have twice as much spoiling to do thanks to the birth of my…

The Bible says there is a time to weep and a time to laugh

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We had a meltdown this week in the Moore family – not in our home but in the home of our grandsons, Titus the Honorable and Cohen the Goodhearted. It seems that when Titus got home from school one day last week, he discovered that his longtime pet, a Siamese fighting fish, had died. Titus…

Be thankful for those who have gone before and made us

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My dear reader, please forgive my utilization of this flawed vehicle as a way to convey a message that would be better delivered in person.  As I struggle to compose these words, I am grappling with the unimaginable reality that earlier today my mother, Florene Finn Stovall, shuffled off this mortal coil and graduated to…

Here’s my list of some of the things I am thankful for

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I love that America takes at least one day a year to give thanks. For me, that begins with thanks to God and our Lord Jesus Christ. Every good thing and every perfect is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. Image if one of your children never thanked you for all that…

What would it be like to be the last Christian missionary?

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Recently, I was the first speaker for a student missions conference. In my introduction, I talked about why I started a mission organization in 1993. I had a big dream back then, and I have that same dream today: I want to bring Jesus back. I read in Matthew 24:14, “And this gospel of the…

The Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a C.O.L.D. winter

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Early November certainly was rough on people across eastern North America. The Washington Post  reported on Nov. 13 that “The most severe early November cold snap in more than a century has plowed over the East Coast, where record low temperatures were set in the majority of population centers Wednesday morning.” Weather.com reported that over 400…

Divestment won't fight climate change

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Roughly 40,000 environmental activists recently descended on Lower Manhattan for a global climate strike. Many of the protesters marched with a specific goal in mind — convince Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to purge $13 billion in fossil fuel investments from New York State’s $210 billion pension fund. All across the country, environmentalists are urging public pension…