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Thanks Phil. We arrived back from a family funeral last night to be met by Ligon at the airport. Now, why did he remind me of Father Christmas? Strangely, I had been been reading Dr. Mark Garcia’s fine piece in…

Oh, my.  I seem to be being struck off all manner of Xmas card lists which, thankfully, I was probably never on in the first place. Two clarifications (at the risk of repeating myself) and a further comment: 1. I did…

That London preacher, six months later, flew to do a convention for 5,000 Indian missionaries in a remote corner of northeastern India. And at the end, the Indian missionary in charge, a humble little man took him home to his…

In an article entitled “An Atheist Can Believe in Christmas,” Randy Kennedy asks how some prominent atheists are (or are not) celebrating the holidays.  It turns out that Sam Harris (Letter to a Christian Nation) has a Christmas tree up…

My comments on the late RJR have stimulated some feedback.

Our own Derek Thomas and Dr. Paul Jones (an Alliance Council member who serves organist and music director at Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church) have collaborated on a new Christmas carol.  The full text and music will be posted soon, but…