The day before Thanksgiving, I wanted to get my dining room table prepared with special settings and decorations to celebrate the family’s gathering. I knelt down on the kitchen floor, in order to reach far into the back of a cabinet, where the nicer dinner and dessert plates are kept. Lo and behold: There wasContinue reading “Hidden Treasures”
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Yesterday morning, as I read the daily Scripture passages, memories of baking Christmas cookies with my mother came to mind. The genealogy of Jesus is recounted at the beginning of the Gospel according to Matthew: “Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah…theContinue reading “FamilyTree”
