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    Author: infofccmelroseorg

    Why Blue?

    Do you have your nativity scene up? Sometimes it’s called a crèche, a manger scene, a Christmas crib, or Christ’s nursery. Either way, it is the depiction…… Read more “Why Blue?”

    December 14, 2021December 13, 2021 by infofccmelroseorg

    The Christmas Pickle

    Among the many ornaments decorating Christmas trees, many people have a “Christmas pickle.”  It isn’t an actual pickle, but it is a traditional, glass ornament shaped like…… Read more “The Christmas Pickle”

    December 7, 2021December 6, 2021 by infofccmelroseorg

    The Not-Yet-Ness of Advent

    Since this pandemic began, we have been in a season of Advent.  We’ve been in a posture of waiting, hoping, anticipating, and enduring.   For nearly two years…… Read more “The Not-Yet-Ness of Advent”

    November 30, 2021 by infofccmelroseorg

    Really, John?

    Advent is upon us this coming Sunday and if there is one person who is the poster child for Advent it is John the Baptist.   But this…… Read more “Really, John?”

    November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 by infofccmelroseorg

    Thanksgiving Context

    I always thought that the Pilgrims who arrived in Plymouth were the first Europeans to disembark in what is now New England.  It turns out that Native…… Read more “Thanksgiving Context”

    November 16, 2021 by infofccmelroseorg

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