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“The Gift of the Christ Child”      And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.     And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see [...]

“The Gift of Jerusalem” “And it came to pass after these things, that God did test Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, behold here I am.    And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him [...]

“Beauty” Last night at the Peace Center in Greenville, S.C., I was privileged to accompany my wife and daughter to a performance of “The Nutcracker”, performed by the International Ballet.  International guest stars including Adiarys Almeida and Taras Domitro (from Cuba).  The Greenville Symphony, led by Conductor Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel (who defected from Russia), performed [...]

“Now Thank We All Our God”  Now thank we all our God With heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things have done, In whom his world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms Has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours today. (Verse 1 of the hymn, “Now [...]

“Thanksgiving Turkey” Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!  It is a feast of celebration in our home, as it is the same in so many other homes across the USA.  The tradition of Thanksgiving apparently goes back to the Pilgrims and the Indians of Plymouth, who somehow put aside their differences to sit down and have a Thanksgiving [...]

“The Christian Women and Boko Haram – the Chibok Diaries” BBC news reports today provided an excellent article entitled:  “Chibok diaries:  Chronicling a Boko Haram kidnapping”.  (BBC News, Top Stories, October 23, 2017)  The journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani interviews Naomi Adamu, who along with Sarah Samuel and three other girls used their books to chronicle [...]

“The Beauty of Language” Sitting tonight in a local restaurant, I was witness to a most unusual display of language, which occurred without anything being said.  Directly across from me, a group of individuals sat signing to each other.  About eight individuals in all, they were engrossed in a spirited communication, yet none of us [...]

“Boss Hog” The year is 1997, August 58h, to be exact; that is the first time my wife, Dorothy, met Boss Hogg.  “Boss Hogg” is not his real name, but my wife swears this man who arrived with his truck and large storage trailer to move her and my three children to Charleston, SC was [...]

“Children, Clowns and Chainsaws” My daughter, Hannah and her best friend, Caroline plan an excursion each fall to one of the “Haunted Houses” or other displays which pop up like daffodils in the spring, covering our area with general “fright, night and clouds of gathering doom.”  In other words, the whole intention of these places [...]

“A Tragedy in Las Vegas” By this time, two days after the horrible shooting in Las Vegas, with a mentally ill man using weapons modified to shoot hundreds of rounds of ammunition, we are all informed of the tragedy in Las Vegas!  Weapons like this find their place on fields of battle, what we all [...]