Monthly Archives: May 2017

Every Family’s Story: A Lost Son

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything there was a severe famine in that whole country. and … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day – My Father’s Story

Posted on May 28, 2017 by

Memorial Day is a time to honor the lives and remember the deaths of soldiers who served in World War II. The town of Raritan, New Jersey, where I was born, knows how to do that! Banners of their hometown heroes … Continue reading →

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Every Family’s Story – Setting the Stage

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

“Now the tax collectors and ‘sinners’ were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. Then Jesus told this parable . . .  . … Continue reading →

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What if We were Put to the Test?

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

Recently, I watched Silence, Martin Scorsese’s latest movie about two Jesuit priests who travel to 17th century Japan looking for a missing fellow priest. They are befriended by a covert group of Japanese Christians who suffer extreme persecution by the Japanese government which … Continue reading →

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From My Reading

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

“For Christians, questions of truth and falsehood are spiritual matters.  The ninth commandment states, ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness thy neighbor.’ This forbids speaking falsely, lying, equivocating, or designing to deceive our neighbor. It also prohibits speaking unjustly against … Continue reading →

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Digging for Truth

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

This blog now contains over 630 posts.  Here, slightly revised, is a post that was first published on June 10, 2015 – and is even more important today. “Is the Pope a communist?”  This opening line of a Heart and Soul … Continue reading →

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The Baffled Mind

Posted on May 14, 2017 by

“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not … Continue reading →

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One Step on Air – Guest Blog by Joy Zomer

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

“My Once-in-a-Lifetime Life” is a series of occasional blogs written by Joy Zomer who spent several years in Europe as a Christian missionary. Now a single mom of three children, Joy is the director of a high school alternative education program.  This … Continue reading →

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