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A strange & troubling dream

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on March 7, 2013March 5, 2019
  • crucifixion

Antoni Ciseri’s 1871 “Ecce Homo — Behold the Man” I thought of this famous painting this morning when I read Matthew 27.  Matthew’s Gospel alone mentions Pilate’s wife telling him to have nothing to do […]

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There is power in the cross … So very much power!

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on January 27, 2013
  • Cross

A dear friend recently wrote me: “The cross is the only place safe enough and strong enough for all the questions, regrets, sadness, loss, and pain.  But there I know love, which appears to be […]

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On the 11th day of Christmas (January 5), my true love gave me … This??

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on January 5, 2011
  • Christmas

1.  Here is the reading for the 11th day of Christmas, January 5th: Matthew 2:16-18 (New International Version, ©2010)  16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he […]

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The Christ child is on fire!

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 15, 2010March 5, 2019
  • Advent

Robert Southwell (1561-1595) was a Jesuit priest from England who was martyred in 1595.  During Advent I like to ponder his poem “The Burning Babe.”  It is a strange, extended metaphor in which the baby […]

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It is sheer grace or it is nothing at all!

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on November 20, 2010March 5, 2019
  • God's Sovereignty

I took this on the Sea of Galilee (July 2010) The most incredible story is found in Luke 5:1-11. Jesus chose Peter to be his disciple, and Peter left his fishing business and followed him. […]

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Resolutions for good mental health in 2010

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on January 3, 2010March 5, 2019
  • God's Sovereignty

Here are 10 resolutions for good mental health in 2010 … from a lecture given way back in 1976 by a Wheaton College English Literature professor named Clyde Kilby. 1.  Once a day I will look […]

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The wonder, the mystery of Christmas

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 9, 2009March 5, 2019
  • Christmas

Augustine wrote in the 5th century… Oh food and bread of Angels, the Angels are filled by you, but where are you for my sake? In a mean lodging, in a manger. He who rules […]

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Two visits, One prayer

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 2, 2009March 5, 2019
  • Advent

Two visits, one prayer… Visit one:  “Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod.  About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the […]

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