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William Hagenbuch
February 11, 2021
A friend recently shared that quiet time with God was important but not necessary to her. This remark seemed to be secondhand in the conversation she was having with me about her prayer life. It wasn’t secondhand. I asked her to share more. “Those idle moments with God,”...
Exclusively inclusive
William Hagenbuch
February 4, 2021
I thought the preacher speaker would get to us. Maybe we’d get a paragraph. Maybe a sentence or two. I kept on thinking this, even when the 30-minute speech should have been 20-minutes. I’m talking about my doctoral graduation this past fall. The commencement address speaker apparently had...
Shoot me
William Hagenbuch
January 28, 2021
Federal officials with Operation Warp Speed hope that about 50 million people will have received their first of two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said recently. To me, this news is a breath—a sigh—from God who...
Beyond Cronkite: a new way of looking at an actually very old anchorman
William Hagenbuch
January 21, 2021
Walter Cronkite was the Dry Guy on TV when I was a kid. By no means is this a slight or slam to this renowned TV anchor. It’s just that as a boy growing up, Mr. Cronkite was never theatrical or, more importantly, divisive. Certainly, he wasn’t polarizing. Without...
The recent raid on the Capitol: sin isn’t just with the other guy
William Hagenbuch
January 15, 2021
As a centrist who is a leader of both conversatives and liberals, the message to share at this time in our nation’s history is that each of us, left, right and center, sins. Rather than become or remain divisive, we, dear Americans, should understand the power and...
THE MASK WARS: NO ONE IS WINNING
William Hagenbuch
January 7, 2021
THE MASK WARS: NO ONE IS WINNING A couple stands divided. He didn’t want to go to a New Year’s Eve party with his wife because too many people would be in the home. She can’t understand why his sister won’t wear a mask at all. A woman actively...
Joy this Christmas? Yes!
William Hagenbuch
December 17, 2020
I know a woman who will weep this Christmas. She will do so for good reason. The love of her life died earlier this year. She is not alone. Hundreds of thousands of us will spend hours in tears, if not all-out sobs throughout what is proclaimed to...
An uncomfortable Christmas
William Hagenbuch
December 10, 2020
I’m a guy on the go. This is definitely apparent when driving. Wasting time I do not have is not my favorite thing to do. I share this because I’m forever amazed at the time it takes to pass an accident on the highway. If all the drivers in...
Never brighter lights this year
William Hagenbuch
December 3, 2020
Christmas lights hold a romantic aura about them, (even to the curmudgeon who will NEVER admit this). A sense of peace, nostalgia, joy, or even a hot cocoa high of happiness happens when we pass decorated homes with stately white lights, colorful combinations, thoughtful or even funny themes, or a...
Thornsgiving—that’s this T-day, right?
William Hagenbuch
November 23, 2020
Scottish pastor George Matheson (1842-1906) has a great deal to teach us about thorns and thanks. A popular preacher who overcame a handicap I’ll explain in a moment, he once said, “My God, I have never thanked Thee for my ‘thorn!’ I have thanked Thee a thousand times for...
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