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Month: December 2015

Be Born IN Us Today……….

Now you might ask how you can know that we have received this child in our heart through true faith as our own and how we can be sure that this birth is effective for us. Therefore we want to say a little about this token, which...

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The First Christian Nurse?

I am still ruminating on the idea from Professor Bornemann that I quoted before in the blog called “Mary, Elizabeth, and Mercy”.  Mary traveled a good distance to see her cousin for a lot of reasons.  She went to see...

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Mary, Elizabeth and Mercy

The visit of Mary to Elizabeth is a great story and the eagerness of Mary holds some wonderful concepts about the nature of faith and mercy and promises fulfilled.  In the lead up to Christmas we see faith in action.  We see the...

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Advent is Still About Repentance.

Every year I go through the exercise of trying to explain to people why we celebrate Advent and don’t jump into Christmas after Halloween.  It has been an upward battle and I am starting to realize why.  Advent is about...

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