CrossTalk – On the Web with Randy

A dear struggling sister wrote to ask a difficult question. Maybe you would have answered it better than I did. I will modify her letter below to protect her identity. My Mother suffered 2 strokes. She was able to recover from the first one but the second one took her speech and crippled her. My [...]

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I love this season.  It is a time to celebrate. My family & I enjoyed a wonderful Passover Seder.  Everyone was together.  All 21 of us crammed around our table to retell the story of our deliverance from Egypt.  Even though I have never personally been to Egypt and the Exodus account happened long ago [...]

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Everyday I go to the same coffee shop at approximately the same time. Everyday I read the same book. Everyday I see many of the same people. Everyday I order the same thing—a simple cup of regular coffee. One might say I am predictable. The same early morning shift employees who open the coffee shop [...]

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To Old Christians: Do you remember when you first believed? Has the strangeness and wonder dissipated? Can you recall how astounded you were when you first learned that your sins could be forgiven? Do you remember the disbelief that it could be so easy? Does the transforming fact that shattered your doubt still give you [...]

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Q. What do you call an Episcopal congregational leader who has declared she is both a Christian and a Muslim? A. Definitely Trumped—YOU’RE FIRED! This is a free country and folks can believe that they are minty toothpaste. As long as they don’t try to brush my teeth, it is not my place to demand [...]

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