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The Spiritual Journey of Lent for Christians Reaches the City Gates of Jerusalem on “Palm” Sunday.

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

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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The Spiritual Journey of Lent, the Two “P’s,” and What About Penance?

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

If you have so kindly included visiting my blog(s) during your personal life’s journey in this sacred season of Lent, you may remember, meditative reader, that for Ash Wednesday, March 9, 2011, I posted about the significance of the day … Continue reading →

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A Chasing After Wind, Home of the Winds, A Chill Wind, A Welcome Wind, More Axial Rotation

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

For literally millenia, wind-battered reader, wind was considered not just a phenomenon of Nature, but supernatural. All major ancient human cultures had various deities associated with wind. Vayu is the Hindu god of the wind. The ancient Greeks of whom … Continue reading →

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Syncretism, Absorption, The Curious Dynamics of “Christianizing”…and the Arrival of February

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

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 Best-lived Life and Love IV. – “The Love of God”

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

The best-lived life among all well-lived lives is one that knows and participates in….the love of God. This fourth kind of love – as identified in ancient Greek and the Bible, for two sources – is the highest and most … Continue reading →

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From Shepherds Keeping Watch, to Rise Up Shepherd and Follow, from Caesar Augustus to Lowest of the Lowly

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

I was invited to be guest preacher for a nearby Presbyterian church yesterday….the regular pastor taking the typical, well-deserved, “after-Christmas break.” And even though on Christmas Eve the congregation had just heard the obligatory Nativity account from the Gospel According … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Gospel According to John

The Spiritual Journey of Lent for Christians Reaches the City Gates of Jerusalem on “Palm” Sunday.

The Spiritual Journey of Lent, the Two “P’s,” and What About Penance?

A Chasing After Wind, Home of the Winds, A Chill Wind, A Welcome Wind, More Axial Rotation

Syncretism, Absorption, The Curious Dynamics of “Christianizing”…and the Arrival of February

From Shepherds Keeping Watch, to Rise Up Shepherd and Follow, from Caesar Augustus to Lowest of the Lowly

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