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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Did you know that, Do You Hear What I Hear, was written during the Cuban Missile Crisis,

or that the first Noel might be one of the oldest Christmas hymns?

In our new 2019 Advent Devotional, the songs tell the story.

My wife Janet provides background information on 25 favorite Christmas songs. Even better, she connects

the songwriter's stories and lyrics with the truth of scripture, encouraging us all to remember

the single reason we celebrate Christmas, the birth of our Savior. Request your copy today

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Matthew McConaughey made headlines recently, but not for a new movie or television commercial.

He joined other volunteers last Friday in preparing 800 turkey dinners for firefighters in Los Angeles,

battling wildfires. His team prepared an additional 800 dinners for local homeless shelters. Our culture will remember McConaughey for his Academy Award-winning acting career.

These firefighters will remember him for his kindness.

Frederick Beakner wrote, when Henry James, of all people, was saying goodbye once to his young

nephew, Billy, his brother William's son, he said something that the boy never forgot,

and of all the labyrinthine and impenetrably subtle things that that most labyrinthine and impenetrable

old romancer could have said, what he did say was this. There are three things

that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.

Nancy Pelosi would agree. While I disagree strongly with the self-described left-wing San Francisco

liberal on a wide range of issues,

I agree with the advice she gave political candidates recently.

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