Finishing the Quote

"...so let's give thanks to the Lord above 'cause Santa Claus comes tonight."

Says it all. Says it all.

My First Entirely Secular Holiday Celebration

For a ton of reasons, this year I determined not to try to keep Christ in Christmas.

Among the many reasons are the creeping high church-ism in my own tradition and the realization that, apart from high church circles, Christmas is nothing--that there is no New Testament evidence that early disciples celebrated the nativity.

So this year I just dove head first into the secular and to a lesser degree, the Madison Ave holiday.

And, I have to tell you, it was a blast. I've had more fun this year than ever.

I will celebrate the incarnation with every breath I breathe. But, I can't see me ever doing CHRIST-MASS ever again.

Finish the Quote

Don't look it up. This should be fairly easy.

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"Peace on earth will come to all if we just follow the light..."

Makes you think, eh?
;-\

An Insight from Today's Mediation Walk with the Dog

Biblically speaking, a worship service is neither.

What's Wrong with this Picture?

Below is a quotation of Titus 1:5 from the new version of the NIV.  I have removed one word from that verse and substituted another word in its place.

The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every church, as I directed you.

Without looking it up, can you tell which is the word in question?

Do you know what word it has replaced?

(If you reply on the blog, please do so in a way that will not give the answer away to people who find this after you.)