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Today is the first Sunday of Advent, 2023. The day marks the lighting of the first Advent candle, anticipating the arrival of the baby Jesus to be born in a stable in Bethlehem later this month. Advent is unusually late…

The huge servings of food started at Thanksgiving. But they didn't end there. The grocery stores are filled to the rafters with holiday specials on everything from beef tenderloins to hams - and every imaginable kind of dessert. Decorations are…

Well, Thanksgiving is over and we are on to Christmas! How quickly we forget about the turkey and move on toward gifts and, before that, decorating our homes and places of business! Most of us who are Christians decorate our…

I was too excited to sleep this morning. In fact, although I am not an early riser, I heard the grandfather clock in the hall strike 5:00 a.m. this morning. I almost felt like the little child on Christmas morning…

It's difficult to believe that it has been 160 years ago today since President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in the history of our country - the Gettysburg Address. This short speech, crafted by Lincoln himself,…