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With only a few days remaining until Christmas 2018, please let me wish you and all your family a happy and safe holiday week. For as long as I can remember, Becky and I have taken the weekend between Christmas and New Year’s Day as our “official” winter vacation. That’s not to say that I haven’t preached a few guest shots while visiting family and friends in different locations, but for the most part, we like to lay low and avoid the snow.

Marione had a nice photograph of the nativity at First Christian in last Sunday’s edition. I wonder if non-believers are ever motivated to stop and wonder...