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  • Lent 2021, Day 37: Please don’t cosplay a seder.

    Let’s not, ‘k?

    March 31, 2021
  • Lent 2021, Day 36: Muslims, Christians, and a shared truth.

    I never considered that both Muslims and Christians believe this about Good Friday.

    March 30, 2021
  • Lent 2021, Day 15: Gone Vision’.

    I’ve got to go watch WandaVision, but I’ll give you some other stuff to read. ‘K?

    March 5, 2021
  • Lent 2020, Day 27: Flashback Friday: Billy Sunday vs. the Spanish Flu.

    There’s nothing new under the sun. Or behind the pulpit.

    March 27, 2020
  • Lent 2020, Day 12: “I am nothing.”

    I could be a prophet like Isaiah, wise like Yoda, loyal like Dumbledore, powerful like Professor X, or cute like Baby Yoda, if I don’t have love, I am nothing.

    March 10, 2020
  • Throwback Thursday: I am the Daria of Christians.

    Note: This post originally appeared on my old blog, Far Above Rubies, on July 31, 2012. ~Li   After posting this last week, I felt conflicted. Well, maybe more than just conflicted.…

    August 17, 2017
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    The Preachers: Charles Colcock Jones, Christianizer of the Negroes.

    (Image Source: Wikipedia) It’s time for another entry in the ongoing series “The Preachers”, in which I look at some of the United States’ most influential spiritual/religious leaders. All of the previous…

    July 1, 2017
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    Lent- Day 39: Good Friday.

    C.S. Lewis (Image Source)   An excerpt from today’s reading of my Lenten devotional book, “Preparing for Easter” by C.S. Lewis, titled “What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ?”:    Then…

    April 14, 2017
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    Lent- Day 38: Tonight we eat and drink, for tomorrow He dies.

    The Last Supper.   Today is Maundy Thursday, A.K.A., the day before Black Friday. From Wikipedia:   Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday,…

    April 14, 2017
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    Lent- Day 32: Be you.

      While straightening up earlier, I came across the above picture made by Z. She explained it as, “the name of my new song I’m writing.” She never ceases to amaze me.…

    April 7, 2017
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