Tamed Cynic

Tamed Cynic

It’s Better to Receive than to Give

What can you receive at church on Christmas that you can receive nowhere else?

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Jason Micheli
Dec 23, 2023
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“Get dressed in something nice,” my mother said through my bedroom door, “We’re going to church.” I was a teenager, somewhere between my learner’s permit and my license to freedom, and somewhere, I’m sure, …

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