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As has been my custom since this forum began, let me wish all of you a merry and blessed Christmas!!! May the annual remembrance of the birth of...
May all of you find peace, health, and happiness at this Nativity season. I recognize many "Christians" have caused great pain over the years...
One of our community, Ken (aka 3Pmi) is in the midst of a serious health scare. I want to offer my prayers for his healing and for skill for...
Please accept my best wishes for a Happy Easter to all western Christians who will again celebrate the Resurrection tomorrow morning. Not sure...
Please accept my wishes for a Merry Christmas. To all I wish peace, good health, and much joy. May the virtues of the Christian faith be evident...
For the practicing Christian out there, may the beginning of the Lenten season bring you closer to God. May prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and...
MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone. May you find joy in your life and through that bring joy to others! Blessings to you all. This morning when I lead...
In the months immediately following the earthquake that ravaged Haiti back in 2010, Pastor Josephus Livenson Lauvanus, the president of the...
It may sound strange, but I love Lent. First off for the folks here who do not know what I am talking about, Lent is the 40 days prior to...
I am sitting vigil in a hospice room with my wife's sister in law. Probably will be over within 72 hours. Prayers would be appreciated. Her name...
Again, as in year's past let me wish all of you and each of you a most blessed Easter! Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Blessings to you...
Again, may I wish everyone here a very Merry Christmas! This is not simply a season's greetings but a deep, sincere wish that the reconciliation...
Today begins the 75th remembrance of the US involvement in WW2. It begins of course with Pearl Harbor Day and later with the remembrances of the...
When I read the unread portions of a thread the link does not show the change from unread to read. Hard to keep track of what I need to read and...
Omar Kelly and Miko Grimes make a lot of us "upset". Given this is the religion forum and I'm the chaplain, "upset" is as far as I am willing to...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/elie-wiesel-holocaust-survivor-and-nobel-laureate-has-died-museum/ar-AAhVdMn?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp May...
Eternal Father Strong to Save... A moment of silence today as we mark the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. It was the largest...
Christ is Risen; He is Risen indeed, Alleluia! I write this from my office at 0611 EDT awaiting the sunrise service folks. We will begin with...
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas to all the folks here on "THEPHINS". I decry what so many have tried to make of the holiday from some kind...
Today is the eve of St. Crispin's Day. 600 years ago upon the morrow, was fought the Battle of Agincourt. It is one of the greatest battles of...
This morning I awoke to a note from my daughter telling me of the killings in Charleston, SC. The lead pastor at the congregation was a classmate...
Let me wish everyone a blessed Easter and may I extend a warm hand of fellowship to our Jewish members during this time of Passover. It is rare...
One hundred years ago German and British Commonwealth forces created a spontaneous truce along the front lines of the new trench warfare. In an...
Greetings to you all! In the last few weeks the media has been dissecting the first trailer for the upcoming seventh installment of the “STAR...
Today is the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge. Special services were held in Bastogne and other spots in Belgium. It...
I would appreciate your prayers for my daughter. Last night she miss-stepped/fell and shattered her right ankle. She called and I left at the...
Less than 21 years after the "war to end all wars", WWII started again in Europe. This week we observe the 75th anniversary of Germany invading...
Whatever your faith tradition may (or may not) be, mine is Christian. Let me therefor wish ALL of you the blessings of Christmas this day and...
Friends, Later this morning my wife will be having surgery to repair a herniated disc between L2& L3 in her back. We would appreciate your...
I do not read where "he is working with the trainers on the sideline" and yet he doesn't seem to be getting reps (at least not reported ones)....
July 1, 2, & 3 will mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. It is expected there will be over 200,000 visitors in and around the...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20040676 I thought of adding this to the Spitfire discovery thread but thought this man deserved his own thread....
My dear friends: At 3:30 this morning my wife's Mom finally passed away after battling cancer for three years. She was 91. I would appreciate...
Today, June 18, 2012, marks the bi-centennial date of the War of 1812. It was on this day in 1812, Congress declared war on the UK. We here on...
Today is the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Midway. The new scholarship out there by Symonds and Parshall and Tully give new...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110416/us_nm/us_ohio_deaths Back in November our little village was rocked by the murder of a husband, wife, and...
Yesterday (Sunday 10/31), I was called by a member of my congregation and given the terrible news that his sister, her husband, and her son had...
Watched the first two hours of the PBS special last night and heartily recommend the special to everyone. It doesn't preach, is well researched,...
We are entering into the "tridium", that is the three day observance of Maundy (Holy) Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. In these three...
In the midst of the screaming headlines annoucing tradgedy after tradgedy in the poor island nation of Haiti there is one that astounds even a...
Before we get into the hustle of Christmas Eve services and the bustle of family gatherings let me wish all out there a most blessed Christmas!...
I just got a phone call from Raul (The Rev.) that his Mom died overnight in her sleep. Please join me in extending our prayers and best wishes to...
I have noticed a few quotes from Dan Brown's new book floating around in some of the threads and thought I would open up one for a discussion of...
Dear friends, I will be away for a few days to take part in my daughter's ordination to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical...
Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! A very blessed Easter to all the Christians who visit here!
Today the people of Christ Lutheran Church in Richmond, VA extended a call unanamously to my daughter, Kristin, to be their associate pastor!!...
This is a new forum. Welcome! While for many this whole site is simply a place to get Miami Dolphin news and to talk about their team, for...
This is an article I have written for my congregation's February newsletter. Since this board is mentioned, I thought you might want to read it....
A couple of weeks ago we had our annual congregational meeting. This is the one time each year that the whole congregation gets together (or at...
Dear friends, some of you may have noted that I have been off the site since early 11/11. Around 8 that morning while walking the dog, I tripped...
Please pardon this but.... RANT MODE ON I live in a parsonage next to a very large church building. It is clear even to a visitor that this...
I have been away from this site for most of a week now. I am sorry, but I was hospitalized for a couple of days with all the symptoms of a heart...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-08-15-christian-science_N.htm The University of California has refused to accept credits from...
http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/moffitt-selvie-head-all-big-east-media-team/ You can go down the article and past the normal...