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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 3
III I always enjoyed our stopovers in Bethel. It was the one place where we stayed in a real roadhouse, and that was only because it was run by an old Greek soldier named Legolas who my father had known … Continue reading
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Tagged Andew, Baptism, First Century Palestine, Galilee, John Mark, John the Baptist, Legolas, Mark the Evangelist, River Jordan, Roadhouse, Simon Peter
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I. Uncle Jesus
Originally posted on inpraiseofangels:
This is the long-form essay with which I launched this blog, first posted one year ago today, February 9th of 2014. It is the first of three “foundational” essays that I believe are important enough to…
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A Boy’s Tale, Chapter 2
In case you missed Chapter 1 last week, it’s here: https://inpraiseofangels.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/a-boys-tale-introduction-and-chapter-1/ II The next three weeks were thick with preparations and, in what seemed like no time at all, it was time to go. Most of our trips to … Continue reading
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Tagged A Boy's Tale, Caravan, Damascus Gate, Donkey, Fiction, First Century, Gratus, Herod, Herod Antipas, Jerusalem, John Mark, Journey, Judea, Litter, ox carts, Pack Animal, Pontius Pilate, Roman Legions
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Recipe: Allen Geesey’s Sausage and Leek Soup
A couple of weeks ago, when the predictions were dire for a “historic” winter storm in New York City, one of the local news commentators made a tour through a local grocery store and showed pictures of the empty shelves … Continue reading
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Tagged cream soup, leeks, potato leek soup, sausage, soup, soups
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A Boy’s Tale: Introduction and Chapter 1 – 10
Following Through… As you most likely know by now, if you’ve been reading these posts, my friendship with Jesus began as a child of five when I invited Him to join me and my “imaginary” friends Mrs. Seafey and Mrs. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Andrew, Apostle Peter, Cana, Capernaem, First Century Jerusalem, Galilee, John Mark, Mark the Evangelist, Noah's Ark, Parents, Sea of Galilee, wedding at Cana
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Why “In Praise of Angels?”
Sharing the Joy When I was nine years old, I saw an ad for the American Greetings Company on the back of a comic book I had bought for 10¢ at the Century Pharmacy. It took up the entire page … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas cards, frogs, printing press
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Poem for the New Year: Illusions
At first glance, this poem may seem a bit bleak, but there is one tiny clue (that capital “S” at the bottom) that in reality it is a hymn of praise to the Wisdom, Love and Care of our … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, belief, faith, God the Father, Higgs Field, Holy Spirit, Living Water, Love, miracles, physics, poetry, Pope Francis, prayer, religion, Uncategorized
Tagged God, illusions, masks, perspective, space, time, time and space
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Recipe: Mr. Clancy’s Baked Onions, a Family Tradition
The Thanksgiving holidays, when we were kids, were magic times mostly spent with Aunt Peggy and her brood – either at our house in Century or theirs in Atlanta – when long-settled family food traditions could be counted upon to … Continue reading
Recipe: Vichyssoise!
Though I didn’t really realize it at the time, one of the great blessings of going on the annual Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir tour – and I did three: to Texas, to Philly/D.C./Williamsburg, and to Chicago/Gary/St. Louis – was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Appetizer, cold soup, Fire Island, soup, Thanksgiving, Versailles, Vichyssoise, Yummy
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Berlin Lights
After posting such a long and emotionally draining piece last week about the year Mama died, I was already thinking it was about time for another poem – something short and sweet – and just as I was pondering that … Continue reading
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