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Matthew 5:44. We are instructed to pray for these appalling people. This Easter week, I can't help reflecting that it's one of the hardest things to do in all of Christianity. Because my own Christian charity extends only so far, I resolve the dilemma in my own mind, thus: "You have to live with yourselves… Continue reading A Prayer for “them which despitefully use [us] and persecute [us]”
Four years ago today, North Macedonia, a former region of Yugoslavia, became the 30th country to join NATO. I rarely think about Macedonia, except on occasions when I see bags of frozen vegetables in the local Giant Eagle consisting of a mixture of butter beans and corn. My mother called it "macedoine,"** although most Internet… Continue reading Macedonia Baptist Bunnies! A Thanksgiving Story for the Run-Up to Easter 2024