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I'm focusing on 'family stories' at the moment. ("A Change of Pace: Family Stories" (11/23/2024))- Category: Family Stories
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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Tag Archives: crucifixion
A Messy Death, an Empty Tomb, and the Best News Ever
About two millennia back now, someone was tortured and nailed to a cross. Then he died. No surprises there. The whole point of crucifixion was to kill someone: slowly and painfully.1 Sometimes the subject died during the physical abuse that … Continue reading
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“…When You Come Into Your Kingdom”
Jesus had been run back and forth between Caiaphas’, Pilate’s and Herod’s places; tortured, and nailed to a cross on Golgotha. (Matthew 26:47–27:2; Mark 14:53–15:41; Luke 22:66–23:49) No question about it. He was having a really bad day. No, that’s … Continue reading
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Jesus, the Ultimate Alpha: a Personal View
I was a Christian long before I became a Catholic Christian, and that’s another topic. Topics. The point is, I’ve been trying to follow Jesus ever since I was a child. Somewhere along the line, I started noticing a disconnect … Continue reading
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Holy Week: Top of the Charts to Lethal Fiasco
It’s the start of Holy Week, almost the end of Lent. And it’s the 219th anniversary of Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers spotting 2 Pallas, an asteroid. But that’s not what I’m talking about today. Today’s Palm Sunday. That’s when we … Continue reading
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Something Wonderful
(St. Paul’s church in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Mass times for 2020 Easter’s live video.) I’ve written about our Lord’s execution and death a few times. But not, if memory serves, leading with an excerpt from the fourth paragraph of “A … Continue reading
