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December 14, 2022

The News Is Good

Every Christmas, my wife brings out a tattered recipe for Christmas pudding that she has made for almost four decades. She inherited the recipe, which my mother made for her family...

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December 13, 2022

God Knows What We Need

I attended a worship service in my church with a heavy heart. My dad was dying, and nothing more could be done for him medically. Tears streamed down my face, but...

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December 12, 2022

Come to Me

Tap, tap, tap! What is making that noise? I wondered. Upon investigation, I discovered a persistent little woodpecker tapping on a metal light pole where he would never find an insect...

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December 11, 2022

3rd Sunday of Advent

When I visited New York City during the holiday season, I stopped by the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. It was over 70 feet tall and looked spectacular with thousands of...

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December 10, 2022

The Visitor

Our home church recently decided to become a friendlier place for visitors. As a result, one of our members saw a man on his own whom she did not recognize, began...

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December 9, 2022

My Old Bird Feeder

I looked out into the backyard and smiled at the sight of the old bird feeder dangling from its hook. A handful of seeds remained from the winter, and the sound...

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December 8, 2022

Unexpected

For a year, my sister, Chinwe, and I had excitedly planned her son’s destination wedding. Three days before the wedding, I flew from Lagos to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with decorations for...

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December 7, 2022

Divine Examples

My mother grew up in a large family whose meals came mostly from their own land and animals. They were not poor, but they had as many mouths to feed every...

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December 6, 2022

Resurrection Hope

On a particularly beautiful Easter Sunday afternoon, I was lying on a grassy hillside not far from where I lived. The sun was warm, and fluffy white clouds floated in a...

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December 5, 2022

Never without Help

I remember the day I received the email telling me that I had been accepted to a master’s degree program in a different country. I was sitting in the airport when...

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