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Keeping The Faith
The “Why” of Falling Towers
By
ronniemcbrayer
My father-in-law turned six on the morning that the Japanese Air Force destroyed the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. As a child, it was a day of expectation. For the rest of his life it has been a bitter-sweet day, as he has both celebrated his years and recalled the death of so many…
Of Fog And Faith
By
ronniemcbrayer
A parishioner walked up to me after a recent Sunday meeting and gushed, “I wish I had half as much faith as you!” I laughed in his face. Quickly I tried to explain that while I may serve as a pastor my faith is as rickety as doubting Thomas’. Like so many, I find it…
“Maybe I Outgrew the Church…”
By
ronniemcbrayer
I waited beneath the funeral canopy with drops of perspiration collecting in the small of my back. It was warm, but not particularly hot. Still, my dark suit and nerves were conspiring with the weather to suffocate me. Funerals, neckties, and mourners always raise my temperature. It’s probably due to the fact that as a…
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