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A thought: The Ides of March

A thought: The Ides of March

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2021/02/25
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Perhaps Shakespeare’s tragedy, Julius Caesar, brought the idea of the Ides of March to English speakers. Without his play, it seems that March 15 might not be remembered as the…

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A thought: The path of the righteous

A thought: The path of the righteous

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2021/01/29
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A few weeks ago when I was taking a walk, I passed a car with the license plate “PVB 3V5.” It dawned on me that the plate was a Christian…

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A thought: The Bible still matters

A thought: The Bible still matters

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/12/28
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The Bible is God’s revelation. It’s not speculation. God’s revelation focuses on one person—Jesus Christ. Many have asked why an itinerant preacher two thousand years ago is important to us…

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A thought: Happy birthday, Brother!

A thought: Happy birthday, Brother!

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/11/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Birthday parties for family members are most often special events—the candles, the cake, the presents, and then the pictures. Years later we trot out the pictures to remember the young…

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A thought: Change

A thought: Change

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/10/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

We spent a couple of days in the northern part of Wisconsin. The leaves were green at home when we left. When we arrived, the trees were mostly green except…

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A thought: Our Father

A thought: Our Father

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/09/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“Our Father in heaven.” So Jesus taught us his prayer. It’s actually our prayer. It begins, “Our Father.” Yet we say it so often it might have become only words…

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A thought: The difference

A thought: The difference

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/08/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

I’m looking out my study window this morning. The grass is green. The birds are flying from branch to branch. The robins are hopping on the grass to find lunch.…

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A thought: Imperfect world, imperfect life

A thought: Imperfect world, imperfect life

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

This is my third or fourth try at this thought. The past months have brought all kinds of things to mind: first, COVID-19, then the protests, the violence, and the…

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A thought: Joy and peace today and everyday

A thought: Joy and peace today and everyday

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

It’s been a test for us all. It included self-quarantine and social distancing. All the while businesses were closed, and contacts with friends and family became digital. Churches stood empty…

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A thought: Good job!

A thought: Good job!

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/05/31
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Good job and thank you! I thought this but couldn’t say it to everyone I thought should hear it. As I write this, we have been asked—mandated—to avoid unnecessary contact…

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A thought: In God’s hands

A thought: In God’s hands

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/04/30
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As I write this thought, we are all concerned about the spread of a virus that has already killed thousands. Events and responses change day to day and sometimes even…

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A thought: Outing death

A thought: Outing death

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“Don’t forget, you’re going to die,” the message on the screen read. It was from an app that sends five e-mails each day with the sober reminder that death is…

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A thought: The Christ

A thought: The Christ

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Christianity is not just a label, a category, or a space to be filled in for some pollster. We are named after Christ. The shepherds heard the angels identify the…

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A thought: Trusting what we cannot see

A thought: Trusting what we cannot see

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Seeing the little baby in the manger at Christmas fills us all with joy and wonder. It is a universal experience because we have all looked with joy and wonder…

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