And so as of midnight last night, the 20-year-war is officially over. Today is the first day since 9/11 that new service members are no longer automatically authorized wear of the National Defense Service Medal. This was how the Navy announced it: “Effective 31 December 2022, the authorization to award the NDSM to members of…
Well, it was nice while it lasted. About ten years for me. I cannot fathom the arrogance of the rich who are willing to take something that people love, and spend vast sums of money on it, only to destroy it. Imagine if the rich actually did something useful with their money that benefitted people.…
Isaiah 9:6-7 The Christmas season is a season of peace. We await the one who is called “Prince of Peace.” We recall the angelic greeting to the shepherds, “Peace on earth, and good will toward all.” We sing carols which echo their message: O come, Desire of nations, bindAll peoples in one heart and mind;Bid…
Isaiah 7:10-16Matt 1:18-25 Those texts from Isaiah and Matthew are familiar ones at Christmas time. Maybe too familiar. We tend to blur them together–because of that promise of Immanuel. There are some common themes of course, but also some differences. The Isaiah text tells about King Ahaz of Judah. It’s around the year 732 BC.…
I was in college when I first heard of Clinical Pastoral Education. I was attending Congress 83 of the Evangelistic Association of New England, and went to a workshop by Eleftheria Sidiropoulou of Tremont Temple Baptist Church where she talked about it. I heard more from my pastoral counseling professor at Atlantic Union College, Tim…
I have been doing less here and more on Twitter in the last few years, but with Elon Musk welcoming back Nazis and Trumpists, while suspending journalists, it may be time to return to the blog.
Pax et bonum 