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2025-12-27T19:26:08-05:00

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Was Jesus a Refugee? Of Course He Was.

Last updated on: December 27, 2025 at 7:26 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

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Was Jesus a refugee? Of course he was. The only reason to deny the clear Biblical message is because you don’t want to do what the Bible says. This week’s lectionary scripture, Matthew 2:13-23 occurs immediately after the magi meet and venerate the two-year-old toddler Jesus. And then warned in a dream of King Herod’s scheme, and they went home by another way. Here are the highlights: “Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went... Read more

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2025-12-21T17:25:41-05:00

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Absurdism Reaches New Heights When Bill & Ted Wait For Godot

Last updated on: December 21, 2025 at 5:25 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

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Absurdism reaches new heights when Bill and Ted play air guitar in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, running through Jan. 4 at Manhattan’s Hudson Theater. In the roles of Estrogen and Vladimir, the current production casts Keanu Reeves in his Broadway debut and Alex Winter, known for playing Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan in three Bill & Ted movies. Beckett’s renowned Absurdist play rejects modernist theater and smashes together theology and vaudeville, spirituality and slavery, stark scenery... Read more

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2025-12-09T19:21:15-05:00

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The Secret Symbol in A Charlie Brown Christmas

Last updated on: December 9, 2025 at 7:21 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

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Have you noticed the secret symbol in A Charlie Brown Christmas, the beloved Christmas classic charming audiences for 60 years? Half the nation tuned in to CBS when the program first aired on Dec. 9, 1965. The Emmy award-winning program featured Peanuts characters Americans had come to love in their daily newspapers. Charlie Brown’s struggle with the commercialism of Christmas resonates just as much today as it did half a century ago. With messages both explicit and subtle, Linus reminds him... Read more

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2025-11-24T22:36:16-05:00

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Confirmation Bias Christians

Last updated on: November 24, 2025 at 10:36 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

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Confirmation bias allows us to see only what we want to see, believe only what we want to believe and reject anything that contradicts our beliefs. Confirmation bias Christians call good evil and evil good. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” — Isaiah 5:20 Confirmation bias helps us assuage uncomfortable, negative emotions and avoid the discomfort of facing... Read more

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2025-10-12T16:56:09-04:00

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Danger on the Jericho Road: Who is my Neighbor?

Last updated on: October 12, 2025 at 4:56 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

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There is danger on the Jericho Road. “Who is your neighbor?” Jesus asks. “Not the illegals,” Christian Nationalists answer. We know the story of the good Samaritan. In Luke 10:25–37 Jesus shares the parable of a man traveling the Jericho Road from Jerusalem who was attacked, beaten, robbed and left stripped and half dead. First a priest and then a Levite, the two most important and highest-ranking leaders of the community, moved to the other side of the road to... Read more

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2025-10-03T17:07:51-04:00

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In a Violent World Remember Gandhi

Last updated on: October 3, 2025 at 5:07 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

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In a violent world, filled with those who accept violence as the cost of living, we should remember Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Better known as Mahatma, “Great Soul.” He was also called Bapu, because he was the “father” of India. Born Oct. 2, 1869, he was assassinated at age 78, Jan. 30, 1948. He led a non-violent protest that freed India from British rule and inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. to lead a similar non-violent civil rights struggle in the United... Read more

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2025-09-29T00:41:02-04:00

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Repent! Does it Really Mean What We Think?

Last updated on: September 29, 2025 at 12:41 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

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“Repent,” Jesus says in Matt. 4:17, “for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” But does it really mean what we think? Jesus says to repent a lot in the Bible. “Repent.” “Repent, you sinful generation.” “Repent, you brood of vipers, repent.” When kids on the playground get into a tussle, they shake hands, say they’re sorry and go back to being best friends again. They repent. Bible study groups will scan dictionaries looking for the definition. Repent comes from... Read more

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2025-09-19T01:57:14-04:00

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Republicans Have Found Their Reichstag Moment

Last updated on: September 19, 2025 at 1:57 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

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With the murder of Conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk, Republicans have found their Reichstag Moment. On Feb. 27, 1933, exactly four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Germany’s Chancellor, an arsonist’s fire engulfed Berlin’s Reichstag building, home of the German parliament. The Dutch national convicted of the crime claimed he acted alone to protest the condition of the German working class. Four others were ultimately acquitted. The Berlin fire chief reported Nazi officials intentionally hindered his efforts to combat... Read more

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2025-09-15T20:13:59-04:00

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When Alabama’s Birmingham was “Bombingham”

Last updated on: September 15, 2025 at 8:13 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

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When Alabama’s Birmingham was “Bombingham” Sept. 15, 1963 seemed like any other Birmingham Sunday morning for Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson, all 14. Eleven year-old Denise McNair followed the girls and their friends to the washroom after Sunday school and before the church service at 16th Street Baptist Church. A massive explosion shattered the peaceful morning, killing the four and wounding and maiming nearly two dozen mostly women and children. White supremacists Robert Chambliss, Thomas Blanton, Bobby... Read more

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2025-09-13T12:10:12-04:00

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Charlie Kirk Was a Racist Bigot

Last updated on: September 13, 2025 at 12:10 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

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Let me make it plain: Charlie Kirk was a racist bigot. Too many people need to hear this. Most of the mainstream media, the entire Republican Party, and the MAGA echo chamber need to hear it—so I’m making it plain. Charlie Kirk was a racist bigot. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, is a racist bigot. His office doesn’t preclude him from being one. Charlie Kirk’s being a victim of the gun violence he denied does not erase... Read more

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