Charlie Brown and My Youngster Thanksgivings You remember those Peanuts cartoons where Lucy pulls back the football just before Charlie Brown tries to kick it to start the game? Charlie never really got to enjoy Thanksgiving football, and neither did I. I always looked forward to Thanksgiving dinners when our extended family got together to…

MEETING SOME MINOR FIGURES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Depiction of Paul in prison, writing his epistle to the Ephesians.  Let’s start with Paul’s letter to the Romans. A unique aspect of this letter is that it was written to the Church in Rome, a place he had never visited, so he did not know the…