DEAR ABBY: I have seen letters in your column from people upset that their guests don’t help them after dinner. I am the opposite. I held onto a poem you
A reader asked, âWhy was John the Baptist called a voice in the wilderness?â
John was a voice in the wilderness of sin. He was devoted to his mission to serve God and lived an austere life. Before addressing Johnâs mission and his relationship with Jesus, two Old Testament passages need to be read. Isaiah, the prophet, wrote in 40:3,5, âA voice of one calling: âIn the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together.ââ Malachi, the last book in the Old Testament, spoke about the future in 4:2-6, âBut for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,â says the Lord Almighty. âRemember the law of Moses. I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful
The Henrico County School Board has voted to participate in “culture sensitivity and implicit bias training” following an offensive, now-deleted, social media post by the board Chair in connection to the recent decision by Dr. Seuss Enterprises to stop publishing several books.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 730 by Ted Kooser
Is it worse to live in a city where you can t see a big storm coming until it s right on top of you, or to be out on the plains where you can see it coming for almost too long? I like this long look at an approaching and then passing storm by Max Garland, who lives in Wisconsin. It s from his fine book, The Word We Used For It, from the University of Wisconsin Press.