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The Spiritual Journey of Lent for Christians Reaches the City Gates of Jerusalem on “Palm” Sunday.
If you are an observant Christian, faithful reader, you are well aware that today, April 17, 2011, is Palm Sunday and the first day of Holy Week for this year. The sacred season of penance and preparation that Christians have … Continue reading
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Syncretism, Absorption, The Curious Dynamics of “Christianizing”…and the Arrival of February
I have shared in the recent past, patient reader, that my doctoral studies were specifically in the realm of “theology” – from ancient Greek, meaning literally “a study/word about God.” Theology asks, among other things, what do we mean by … Continue reading
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The Supreme Importance of One
People love numbers. And while they especially love numbers of dollars in their bank account, purse, wallet, hand….they love numbers for all kinds of other reasons. Americans are very number-fixated, but my understanding of other cultures around the world is … Continue reading
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Magical, Mysterious, Sacred….Mistletoe and Christmas, Those French
Perhaps the first time in my life I discovered that I had some small flair for entrepreneurship was as an 11-year-old boy scout selling little packages of mistletoe door-to-door before Christmas. It was actually a fund-raising project to benefit the … Continue reading
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The Rev. Dr.'s Musings on Nature, Life & Belief 