Tag: family
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Memorial Day
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. Wisdom 3:1
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Happy Birthday, Baby Brother
You’re a hero. Image: United States Treasury Building, by Rchuon24, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cruelty as Policy
thoughts on reading an article on the history of the child separation policy at the US southern border
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Xin Nian Hao
Because it’s Chinese Spring Festival / New Year, and because I found this article on how to say “Happy New Year” in Chinese, and because in particular this year is the Year of the Tiger, which is our baby girl’s year, which makes it especially … hao … good. [She is not a baby any…
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Tutoyer
In French, when people se tutoyer, they address one another familiarly. They use “tu” rather than “vous,” the “familiar you” rather than the formal one. The one for close friends and family. Sunday was Baptism of the Lord Sunday, and our pastor pointed out that in Luke’s gospel, and in Mark’s, God addresses Jesus directly:…
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Christmas Books
It wouldn’t really be Christmas without books. Christmas was a much lower key event this year for our family than it has been in years past. This turned out to be delightful. Nevertheless, we did all exchange bookstore gift cards, because that’s the kind of family we are. And we did make the obligatory Christmas…
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Distance
We had class yesterday morning entirely by zoom, which is possible now that we’ve had a global pandemic and all needed to master this technology for remote conversation. I’m glad for that – for the technology, and for the being able to have class, and that people still want to have class when some of…
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Rhythms
The first Sunday in Advent almost always falls on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We observed the day by driving home from Ohio. Thinking about how things change. Or, don’t. I was waiting for this advent song to come on the radio, but it never did: It’s not that long a drive. Keep awake. Image: “Winter…
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Harvest Home
Granted, this year we will be joining our future in-laws and their family for a holiday celebration to which we’ve been generously invited, and we will be living in the present and making new memories … even so … I always spend Thanksgiving with my mom and dad … … in the car, late at…
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Memories
In the fall of 1994 the Presbyterians were building a new church building. Long before the building was finished, though, something needed to be done about the landscaping. Because there was a sloping strip of dirt about ten feet wide that ran the entire length of the property on the far side of the parking…
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Shabbat shalom
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If one offered for love all the wealth of one’s house, it would be utterly scorned. Song of Songs, 8:7 Congratulations to our beloved niece and our new nephew, on the first day of what we hope will be a long and happy journey together…
Matters of Interpretation 