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The beauty of cathedrals, one, it reminds us, again, a glimpse of heaven, and two, it's a gift to people who might not otherwise have a lot of beauty in their lives.

They might not know who they are, but when pastor at the bedside of a seasoned saint starts praying the Lord's Prayer, those words

come back. So I like to think of memorization as Alzheimer's proofing ourselves and our children.

So that to give thanks, I must think of not the things that I need to do, but the things that God has done.

So now I'm no longer thinking of the future, but I'm remembering the past. I'm no longer

thinking of myself, but I'm thinking of God. I'm no longer thinking of the undone, but I'm

thinking of those things which are accomplished. No matter what our enemies say about us, we're not

a new church. we're not the church

that Martin Luther started. We are the Holy Catholic Church, the Western Catholic Church,

purified by the saving gospel. Families putting up their manger scenes from the outdoor

nativity store, love, issues, etc.

Well, the Pew Research Center has put out several reports in the last couple of years, one, the National Opinion Reference Survey and the other, the 2023-24 U.S. Religious

Landscape Study. People have been mining those reports for all kinds of interesting data.

A headline from Religion News, decline of religion remains stalled, says New Pew Report.

But there's no revival yet for the last five years. The decline of religion in America has stalled, says New Pew Report, but there's no revival yet for the last five years. The decline

of religion in America has stalled after years of decline. Is it the end? Well, Ryan Birch says,

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