For Wilshire Baptist Church
Do you remember your baptism? On Sunday, the church universal observed the Baptism of the Lord, and at Wilshire we were invited to dip our fingers in a bowl of water and recall our own baptism as we departed the sanctuary. It’s a wonderful tradition, rich with meaning and reflection. But what if you don’t remember your baptism because you were an infant? Or what if you don’t have a baptism to remember?
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As a fan of the Dallas Cowboys and Baylor Bears, I’ve been both amused and annoyed by the speculation in recent days about the futures of their head coaches. There were a lot of people who wanted to replace Dallas’ Jason Garrett because they believed that would bring a return to winning. And a lot of folks were worried that a departure by Baylor’s Matt Rhule would bring a return to losing. But let’s be real: coaches are important, but they don’t actually play the game.
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The headline on National Geographic’s website the day after Christmas read, “A giant star is acting strange, and astronomers are buzzing.” I’m not a star geek, but those words got my attention, so I dove in and learned that the red giant Betelgeuse may be getting ready to explode.
If you’re a novice like me with most of your star knowledge learned while laying on a blanket in the back yard at night with your father the navigator, then you at least are familiar with the constellation Orion. And if you know Orion, then you can visualize Betelgeuse, the bright red star marking the hunter’s right shoulder. Only now, that star is the dimmest it’s been in almost a century, and that dimming means the star is dying. But before it dies, it will explode in a spectacular light show known as a supernova.
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