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Checking Our Predictions for 2024

Last updated on: December 21, 2024 at 10:13 pm By Gene Veith

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[Free post] Checking readers' predictions for 2024 and bestowing the coveted Gluten Free Award for the best one. (Or, this year, the best two.) Read more

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End of the Year Miscellany, 12/30/24

Last updated on: December 21, 2024 at 3:46 pm By Gene Veith

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The most popular Bible verses of 2024. The decline in church attendance has stopped. And the U.S. population is up. Read more

United States population

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Words of the Year 2024

Last updated on: December 21, 2024 at 2:03 pm By Gene Veith

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English Dictionaries have the custom of proclaiming a "word of the year," new words or old words with new meanings that lexicographers believe reflect the time. Here are the words of the year from various dictionaries and what they tell us about 2024. Read more

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DISCUSS: Optimistic or Pessimistic?

Last updated on: December 21, 2024 at 2:18 pm By Gene Veith

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Considering Donald Trump's second term, the economy, trends, or other factors on your mind, are you optimistic or pessimistic about the upcoming year? Read more

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Year in Review 2024

Last updated on: December 31, 2024 at 3:10 pm By Gene Veith

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Looking back on the news, religion, and media of 2024. Read more

Donald Trump's re-election

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Be Thinking About Your Predictions

Last updated on: December 21, 2024 at 2:08 pm By Gene Veith

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[A free post.] To celebrate the New Year, we will look back on 2024 and look forward into 2025. As is the custom at this blog, we draw on the predictions of you, the reader. On New Year's Eve, we will look at the predictions for 2024 and honor the best one. On New Year's Day, we will start next year's contest. So be thinking about what you think might happen in 2025! Read more

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Immanuel

Last updated on: December 25, 2024 at 8:30 am By Gene Veith

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Christmas is about the coming of "Immanuel." God is with us! My Christmas card to you. . . Read more

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My Christmas Presents to You, 2024

Last updated on: December 20, 2024 at 6:13 pm By Gene Veith

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Merry Christmas! A custom of this blog has been to give Christmas presents to my readers. I don't know your size and Amazon is on strike, so these have to be virtual gifts. Specifically, I am going to put you on to things I think you will enjoy that you can find online for free. Read more

Junta Yamaguchi's film "River"

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Why Christmas Is at the Beginning of Winter

Last updated on: December 19, 2024 at 6:04 pm By Gene Veith

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There is good reason why we celebrate Christmas when we do, near the Winter Solstice, the darkest day of the year, a time of cold and lifelessness. Read more

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The Christmas Music That Is Advent Music

Last updated on: December 19, 2024 at 4:10 pm By Gene Veith

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Much of our Christmas music, both sacred and secular, is actually Advent music, expressing a longing for a Christmas to come. True Christmas music is about the longing fulfilled, expressing the emotion of joy. There are also songs that look back to Christmas in the past, whether in nostalgia or faith. And Luther's Christmas songs do something completely different. Read more

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