Author: HAT
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Syttende Mai
Norwegian National Day. Gratulerer med dagen!! “Ja, vi elsker dette landet …” Images: Borgund Stavekirk, Norway, by zoetnet / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) via Wikimedia Commons; Hans-Petter Fjeld, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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Another trip around the sun
We can learn something new every day, even at advanced age. Today I learned that I have, in addition to having been around the solar block more than a few times, also traveled some distance through the galaxy. That was kind of exciting to find out, even though proportionately it has been a very short […]
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Reflecting on Galatians 3 18-29
What do we mean, concretely, do we think, by words like “promise,” “blessing,” or “inheritance”? This seems like an important question, raised by Galatians 3:18-29, the text we are studying for Sunday, May 15. For instance, what do we think it means, rather specifically, to be “Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the promise”? If one […]
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Theme Change Trials and Tribulations
I changed my blog theme. And then I changed my blog theme again. I think I’m finally “OK” with the results. Have I learned anything as a result? Maybe. But I must admit, I felt fairly ridiculous by the end of this whole process. At least, I hope it’s the end. For a long time. […]
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Studying Galatians 3 18-29
It’s been a long time since we studied anything from Galatians! But we’re returning to Galatians for the next three weeks, starting with digging into Galatians 3:18-29 for Sunday, May 15. [Evidently the curriculum powers that be think chapter 5 is the most important part of the book, though, because that’s what we’ll be spending […]
Matters of Interpretation 