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Author: Don Follis

The paradox of the human condition

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 31, 2020
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Almost every week it seems I meet with someone who is caught in what writer Frederick Buechner calls the paradox of the human condition: More than anything, we hunger to be known in our full […]

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Joseph gets the message loud & clear

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 20, 2020
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I have been thinking about the angelic appearances in the Christmas story, particularly the angels who appeared to Joseph in 4 separate dreams. Of course, Mary was not dreaming when the angel Gabriel appeared to […]

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A Christmas prayer from Psalm 51

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020
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This past summer my siblings and I stood in the Hoxie, Kansas, cemetery and buried my mom’s ashes next to where my dad and grandparents are laid to rest. After a funeral luncheon and most […]

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Rewriting “Oh Christmas Tree” (O Tannenbaum)

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
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The other day in Walgreens I heard a woman singing. “O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, how lovely are thy branches.” I stopped and listened as she sang while pushing her cart. It took me back to […]

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Opening the door of our heart

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 1, 2020December 2, 2020
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As we celebrate Advent and prepare for Jesus’ coming, my missionary friend Carolyn says we actually are looking for a 3-fold coming as we move toward Christmas. Jesus as a baby. “And the Word became […]

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Practice saying “yes” during Advent

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on November 30, 2020December 2, 2020
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While my wife, Jennifer, and I were celebrating Thanksgiving with my daughter and her family in Indianapolis, I got a voice message from an old friend saying that her mother had died and asking if […]

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Advent is a time to be wounded in spirit

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on November 25, 2020
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Of my more than 30 books on Advent, one uniquely stands out. Wounded in Spirit — Advent Art and Meditations by David Bannon looks at the art of 25 artists, many of whom painted as […]

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You get to take 3 things

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on November 16, 2020
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I don’t know when this all started, but my wife, Jennifer, and I have done some serious downsizing this fall. We had our house re-roofed about 6 weeks ago, and that house project kicked into […]

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