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Meditations on Martin Luther King Day

He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?–Micah 6:8 In our adult Sunday school class yesterday, I showed a clip from the PBS series “God in America” that focused on theContinueContinue reading “Meditations on Martin Luther King Day”

The Prettified Manger

I learned a new word today – prettify. “Prettify,” according to an on-line dictionary, means, “To make pretty or prettier, especially in a superficial or insubstantial way.” I came across the word in a reflection I was reading as part of my daily devotion. It was used in reference to the manger scenes that becomeContinueContinue reading “The Prettified Manger”

The Prophetic Significance of Occupy Wall Street

I can’t help but think during this Advent Season of the voices of the biblical prophets and what influence, if any, they exert in the protests of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. From all I gather, this has been pretty much a secular movement, yet firmly rooted in the moral, ethical and spiritual principles ofContinueContinue reading “The Prophetic Significance of Occupy Wall Street”