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Faith Focus: Changed lives are worth the praise
Churches and their expressions of jubilation/praise vary widely based on who and what they are. From my rather admittedly limited experience -- limited, but…
Faith Focus: Bee colonies are a bug soap opera and other random access musings
My records tell me that it has been a bit over four months since I corralled all of my mental squirrels into a Random Access Musings column.
Faith Focus: Observations from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico
As an honest evaluation, there are some things I am very good at, and some things I am very bad at.
Wagner: We certainly can avoid sinning and are expected to do so
Social media often provides a unique vantage point from which to observe and evaluate beliefs and behaviors. And, since it is such a public, voluntary thing -- this posting of every position, thought and feeling -- it should not be regarded as odd or out of bounds when others weigh in on what has been offered up.
Wagner: The prophet Elijah’s example for defeating depression
Every few years, I preach a message in my church titled "Defeating Depression." I did so once again this past Sunday night and had more responses than ever as people left thanking me, asking for transcripts of the message to hand out to others, telling me the message was for them.
Wagner: I missed the watch, but got the rest right
I suppose the "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader" and my failure to buy a Patek Philippe watch make an unusual combination of things with which to start a faith column, but, nonetheless, here we are.
Wagner: Time to activate hearts and hands to help Texas heal
The news out of Texas is both heartbreaking and something that we in western North Carolina can relate to all too well after Hurricane Helene in September 2024.
Wagner: Some Americana musings, with pit stops in Tracy City and Alcoa, Tennessee
Since this column will run in the vicinity of July 4, my mind is filled with a bunch of thoughts about America -- some serious, some not so much. So here goes.
Wagner: A plea and a prayer for the people of Persia
Esther 10:1-3 reads: And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and upon the isles of the sea.
Wagner: The never-ending scourge of antisemitism
Their names were Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. I encourage you to take a second and say their names out loud to yourself; they deserve to be heard and to be remembered.
