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Old Time Easter Clothes: A Modern Metaphor
Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, dress up, Easter, Eph. 6:, Isaiah 1: 18, metaphor of Easter, Writing Redemption

By Carol McClain: @ carol _mcclain Are you old enough to remember the preparations you made for Easter morning services? I think these traditions should come back. Old Time Preparations. We always got new: Hats: How I loved picking out the new hat for the year. Being Catholic, we always wore hats in church, so our new …[ read more ]

Christian–You Are Righteous, But Are You Merciful?

Carol McClain Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Matt. 5:7 Don Carson, a theologian and co-founder of Gospel Coalition, writes: “Mercy is a loving response prompted by the misery and helplessness of the one on which love is to be showered.” If I only knew then what I know now. I used to be able to point my fingers at others for not learning how to pull themselves out of the gutter. After all, I'd come from a rough and tumble upbringing where alcohol use (we were NOT drug addicts, thank you) was de rigueur. Poor and self-conscious… ...[ full story ]

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