Tag Archives: “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Worried about you

Posted on December 8, 2017 by jwfisch

I spend time with an eighty-something man who is bedridden and not very communicative, at least not until yesterday. Until yesterday, I haven’t even been sure how well his mind is working. I hadn’t had a conversation with him that … Continue reading →

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Christ was born; so what?

Posted on December 6, 2017 by jwfisch

Last night, on our BlogTalkRadio interview I asked Craig McNair Wilson what the world would be like if Jesus hadn’t been born and got an answer I wasn’t expecting. He answered the question with another question (something Jesus did often, … Continue reading →

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Walking with Jesus

Posted on December 5, 2017 by jwfisch

If Jesus had never been born, we would not know that God is love. We would know some things about God that we could learn from the Old Testament, but the Old Testament tells us much more about what God … Continue reading →

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It’s a wonderful life

Posted on December 4, 2017 by jwfisch

In the Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey, at a desperate time in his life, wishes he were never born. Clarence Odbody, Angel 2nd Class, sees this as his opportunity to save George from a drunken suicide and … Continue reading →

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Twelve days after Easter

Posted on April 12, 2013 by jwfisch

One more observation today from John Updike’s marvelous poem, “Seven Stanzas at Easter.” (I love that we are talking about Easter now 12 days after the event. To be sure, we aren’t exactly talking about Easter; we are talking about … Continue reading →