When does Christmas end? It depends who you ask. The Christmas Octave brings us to January 1st. The 12 Days of Christmas take us up to Epiphany (January 6th). You could celebrate the 20ish days till the Baptism of the Lord, or the traditional 40 days until February 2nd – the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.
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By Sarah Losardo … Falling from grey skies / In big flakes, / Really coming down…
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Join us as we explore God & Science through Anthropology! This issue contains poetry exploring human nature, masterfully crafted articles on heart, horror, and humanity, an interview about adoption, and more.
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By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … I read a little in Billy Collins just now / Because Tolkien is in the other room / Along with the laundry and an unmade bed / Late January is a time of grey…
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By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … About this new year – it doesn’t look so new / But the first sunlight in the bare oak trees / And upon last summer’s ground-shoaling leaves / Lead me to pull on my boots and step outside
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We are holding a contest for the best picture that encapsulates Winter. The winning entry will be put on the Table of Contents page of our Winter issue. Other entries will be displayed on another page.
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**Only a few days left!** We are holding a contest for the best picture that encapsulates Summer. The winning entry will be put on the Table of Contents page of our Summer issue. Other entries will be displayed on another page.
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Join us as we explore the Value & Worth! In this issue you will find various takes on worth, as well as poems and a new fairy tale. As ever, there is still Bible Trivia, Controversy Corner and plenty more!
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**Only a few days left!** We are holding a contest for the best picture that encapsulates Winter. The winning entry will be put on the Table of Contents page of our Winter issue. Other entries will be displayed on another page.
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By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Connie-the-Haircut-Queen sells us pecans / Every Christmas, good Methodist pecans / A fundraiser sponsored by the women’s club / To be baked into cookies and pies for Christmas Day
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Join us as we explore the issues of Life! In this issue you will find thoughts on history, Jesus, the prison system, motherhood, and plenty more!
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Join us as we explore the issues of Life! In this issue you will find poetry, two new stories, discussions of human dignity, and plenty more! Also, check out our photo contest entries on page six!
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There could be snow later, and that would be nice
Children can grow up here and never see snow
Today they might go out and play in it
While we old folks tut-tut, “You’ll catch your death…”
The theme for the Winter 2022 issue is Fortitude. In addition to fortitude, we will be looking at patience, perseverance, courage, and hope. We want to know how you see these in your own life and the lives of those around you!
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Many crosses of ice but no ashes
Trees sagging from the icicles dragging
Little birds desperate for last summer’s seeds
The ice ground whitening, whitening, disappearing
The theme for the Winter 2021 issue is Corporal Works of Mercy. These are to feed the hungry, to give drink to the thirsty, to clothe the naked, to give shelter to travelers, to visit the sick, to visit the imprisoned, and to bury the dead. We want to know – what do these ideas mean to you personally? How do you see them in your church, in your life and in the lives of others?
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Look! O Look, lad! The land doth die!
Dark is come and has swept the sky!
Frost falls and the flowers do fade.
Cumbrous clouds cover us with shade…
Bright, frosty white and dark, stormy grays
Clear, frozen lakes and cold blustery days
The signs of winter are not hard to see
As snow is softly frosting the trees
The snow has fallen in mounds and mounds
The stillness broken by such cheerful sounds
Of children laughing and frolicking in the snow
Throwing snowballs at the fortresses of their playtime foes…
The crystalline stars fall from the cloudy skies
Covering her and all else that in stillness lies
She looks up above as her thoughts drift into space
Of thoughts old and memories buried in cold lace…
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