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Come, Then, Lord Jesus

The church has waited longHer absent Lord to see. Absence is the issue. You’ve been absent for a long time, and we’ve been waiting and

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The Algona Nativity

The first one was twelve feet wide, still quite a production because Jesus, Mary, and the babe were mud-sculptured, then baked, then painstakingly painted. Back

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Another Kind of Seeing

“Being really in love with someone is sort of like seeing them the way they ought to be seen,” Robinson says. “And the fact that

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“Eternal Comfort and Good Hope”

“Oh, tidings of comfort and joy” goes the old Christmas carol. An interesting pairing of words. Joy–sure. That seems obvious: I’ve just had two staff

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The Power of Memes

Not that long ago, I didn’t know the word meme. Then, if I recall correctly, when I first encountered it, I didn’t know how to

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The Mister Rogers Revival

One day when my daughter was about three, I came home, sat on the couch, opened the afternoon newspaper, and buried myself inside its pages.

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Advent II: Out of Book

The number of moves in the game of chess is practically limitless. While almost nothing looks more orderly than chess pieces before a match starts,

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To Do Things the Right Way

At least once every year, my Grandma Gillespie would pack my sister, two brothers, and me into her green 52 Chevy and drive us past

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Christmas Smells

Lately, it’s easy to get caught up in either anxiety or rage. The speed of cultural change, and the inevitable backlash, leads to a permanent

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