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Devotions to Our God in the Manger 2014: Human Too

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Tom Bolton

A D V E N T  2 0 1 4:    D E V O T I O N S   T O   O U R   G O D   I N   T H E   M A N G E R Week 4                                                                                                                   … Continue reading →

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Devotions to Our God in the Manger: Human Too

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Tom Bolton

A D V E N T   2 0 1 3:    D E V O T I O N S   T O   O U R   G O D   I N   T H E   M A N G E R Week 4                                                                                                                                    … Continue reading →

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Christmas Card

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I really enjoyed this Christmas card from United Methodist Communications. I am woefully behind in sending out Christmas cards and letters this year, but I think I will finish Friday night–by Midnight. Here is the text of the family letter … Continue reading →

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Wandering Into the Creche

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Tom Bolton

  Wandering Into the Creche As the air chilled just a little, But with no snow in Wisconsin, Still I listened to Advent hymns, long loved, and meditated on Luke’s story with eyes wide. Each time Gabriel arrives, he firmly … Continue reading →

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Christmas Tithe

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Tom Bolton

Christmas Tithe Jim Wallis has written this month on Christmas giving: Religion is far too judgmental. Surveys show that many people think that, especially a new generation of young people who — more than ever before — are checking the … Continue reading →

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Personal Mission

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Tom Bolton

Soulmanly wrote and published this blog today, and it captures some ideas that have been very important to me this year: If It Isn’t Personal, It Isn’t Mission “On Christmas Eve I went to St. Patrick’s Cathedral….It had dawned on … Continue reading →

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