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The Family of God: Uncle Jesus
[Note to my readers: If I am presumptuous enough to write a blog honoring angels, then it behooves me to periodically lay out for you exactly what I believe; to define, as best I can, just what my religious inclinations … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, belief, faith, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Love, prayer, religion, Uncategorized
Tagged Angels, Connections, Cousins, faith, family, Family Tree, Geneaology, Goodness, Grayson, Holy Spirit, Hope, Imaginary friends, Jesus, Joy, Life, Light, love, Prayer, Truth
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Uncle Jesus: Doing the Math (3d Annual Posting)
This is my third annual posting of this long-form essay that was the inspiration for starting this blog in the first place. It is the first of three posts that, taken together, lay out a pretty good schematic of my … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, belief, biology, faith, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Love, Pope Francis, prayer, religion
Tagged All one family, Ancestry, Bankhead National Forest, church of the Forest, Cousins, genealogy, Grayson, Jesus
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Common Courtesy, Political Correctness and the Golden Rule
Call me crazy, or addled, or pixilated, or whatever you like, but it seems to me that the American express has veered off course; the roaring of our engines is still robust, and the speed of our progress continues apace, … Continue reading
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Tagged Golden Rule, Great Commandment, Jesus, love, Neighbor, Samaritan, Seinfeld, Selfishness
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A Boy’s Tale, Complete Part I, “The Wedding”
About A Boy’s Tale To my mind, one of history’s – especially Christian history’s – most under-appreciated personalities is Mark the Evangelist. Oh, we’ve heard of him well enough, but only as the author of the Gospel bearing his name. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Andrew, Apostle Peter, Apostles, Baptism of Christ, Cana, Christ, First Century Jerusalem, First Century Palestine, Herod Antipas, James Zebedee, Jesus, John Mark, John the Baptist, John Zebedee, Jordan River, Mark the Evangelist, Mary the mother of Jesus, wedding at Cana, Wine into Water, Zebedee
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 11
XI The rabbi raised his arms to Heaven and said an opening prayer in Hebrew, then switched to Aramaic as he turned to Abner and Rebecca, “Is this your daughter, whom you surrender on this day and in this place … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Andrew, Apostle Simon Peter, Cana, Celebration, Father in Heaven, First Miracle, James the brother of Jesus, Jesus, Mark the Evangelist, Mary the mother of Jesus, Miracles, Ruth the Sister of Jesus, Vintage, Water into Wine, wedding at Cana, Wedding Feast, Wines
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 10
X It was a beautiful day for a wedding, surely the harbinger of a happy feast. More like June than February, the sun was bright and warm, and the blue of the sky was deepened by just enough billowy clouds … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostles, Cana, Fiction, First Century Palestine, Gospel of Mark, Historical Fiction, Jesus, Joshua ben Joseph, Mark the Evangelist, Mary mother of Jesus, wedding at Cana
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 9
IX You would think, after our considerable time and effort, that all would have gone smoothly on our last full day of preparation, but that wouldn’t have factored in Aunt Martha. Somewhat prone to overcompensating for her non-existent shortcomings, she … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon, Cana, fur trade, Galilee, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, horticulture, Jesus, John Mark, leather goods, Mark the Evangelist, Mary Mark, Palestine, wedding, wedding at Cana, Wine
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 8
VIII We reached our destination and turned into the broad, dusty staging area where much of the caravansary business was done. Nazareth, near the crossing of three major caravan routes, has for centuries been a meeting place of traders where … Continue reading
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