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"Joyful Curmudgeon" An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful.  At the same time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the world, and feel called to help expose and end it so that we may have true peace and compassion.

 

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Culture and Tradition
By Mary T. Hoffman

Abuse of Children and Animals - 17 Feb 2006
Addiction to Evil – 12 June 2007
Advent – 3 December 2006
A Holiday for ALL Mothers – 11 May 2008
Animal Sacrifice – 21 November 2007
Arrogance - 22 Feb 2006
Belonging – 3 September 2006
Birth Control and Abortion - 9 Mar 2006
Blasphemies – 23 December 2008
Branding – 21 December 2006
Bullies -14 Mar 2006
Celebrating the Birth of the Prince of Peace while Worshiping the Prince of Death – 23 December 2007
Christ is Risen! - 19 April 2009
Christ Is Risen! Truly, He Is Risen! – 23 Apr 2006
Christmas – 25 December 2007
Christmas Decorations – 29 November 2006
Church Dinners – 5 March 2007
Cowardly Submissive – 22 January 2007
Culture and Tradition - 8 Feb 2006
Discernment – 1 May 2006
DST: Spring Forward, Fall Back – 10 March 2007
Emotional Attachment (Part 2) – 26 May 2007
Emotional Attachment (Part 3) – 27 May 2007
Erosion of Freedom by Dribs and Drabs – 7 January 2008
Father’s Day – 17 June 2007
Fear Makes the World Go 'Round – 25 February 2007
Flag Day – 14 June 2006
Flag Day – 14 June 2007
Flag Day – 14 June 2008
Frank’s Birthday – 30 April 2007
Friday the Thirteenth – 13 April 2007
Giving Thanks and Being Blessed – 22 November 2007
Giving Thanks For What? – 27 November 2008
Glorifying Cruelty – 24 January 2008
Good Friday – 21 March 2008
Great American Meatout – 16 March 2009
Great Friday – 6 April 2007
Great Thursday – 5 April 2007
Greed – 4 December 2006
Greek Independence Day – 25 March 2007
Greek Independence Day – 25 March 2008
Greek Independence Day – 25 March 2009
Groundhog Day – 2 February 2009
Happy Father’s Day – 18 June 2006
Happy Father’s Day – 15 June 2008
Happy Independence Day – 4 July 2007
Happy Independence Day – 4 July 2008
Happy Mother’s Day – 14 May 2006
Happy Mother’s Day? – 13 May 2007
Happy Valentine’s Day! – 14 February 2009
Hardening Hearts Through Slaughter - 7 Apr 2006
Holiday Nightmares - 5 Apr 2006
Holiday Observances - 9 Feb 2006
Holidays – 12 May 2007
Holidays? Holy Days? – 12 April 2009
Holy Friday and Christian Orthodoxy - 21 Apr 2006
Holy Saturday – 7 April 2007
International Respect for Chickens Day – 4 May 2008
International Respect for Chickens Day – 4 May 2009
International Respect for Chickens Month – 1 May 2008
International Respect for Chickens Month – 1 May 2009
Killing Fish – 24 Apr 2006
Labor Day – 4 September 2006
Labor Day – 3 September 2007
Labor Day – 1 September 2008
Language Changes – 4 January 2008
Lessons from History - 23 Mar 2006
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – 15 January 2007
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – 19 January 2009
Memorial Day (observed) – 29 May 2006
Memorial Day (observed) – 28 May 2007
Memorial Day (observed) – 26 May 2008
Memorial Day (traditional) – 30 May 2006
Memorial Day (traditional) – 30 May 2007
Memorial Day (traditional) – 30 May 2008
Merry Christmas – 25 December 2006
More on Culture and Tradition - 17 Mar 2006
Mother’s Day – 10 May 2009
Moving a Mountain – 18 November 2007
NOT EVERYONE LOVES CHRISTMAS – 24 December 2007
Often the Oppressed Become Oppressors – 29 Apr 2006
Orthodox Christian Resurrection Day (Easter) – 27 April 2008
Our 45th Wedding Anniversary – 7 July 2006
Our 46th Wedding Anniversary – 7 July 2007
Our 47th Wedding Anniversary – 7 July 2008
Palm Sunday– 1 April 2007
Palm Sunday – 16 March 2008
Palm Sunday – 5 April 2009
Popular Proverbs Applied – 15 March 2007
Presidents Day – 19 February 2007
Psychopathology – 25 June 2007
Real Food for Thought – 21 January 2009
Reformation Day – 31 October 2006
Resistance to Change – 29 November 2008
Resurrection Day – 8 April 2007
Resurrection Day – 23 March 2008
Rewarding Criminals – 8 January 2008
Scapegoating – 6 July 2006
Sex and Violence – 5 September 2006
Thankfulness – 24 November 2006
Thanksgiving Day – 23 November 2006
The Best New Year’s Resolution – 1 January 2008
There Ought to Be a Holiday… – 3 March 2007
Torturing a Bull for Saint John – 31 May 2007
Traditions of Treachery – 3 August 2008
Turkeys – 22 November 2006
Veteran’s Day – 11 November 2006
Veterans Day – 11 November 2007
Veterans Day – 11 November 2008
Washington’s Birthday – 22 February 2007
What Is “Normal”? – 2 December 2007
Where's the Beef? - 1 Apr 2006
Who Are Saints? – 1 November 2006
Who’s the Psychopath? - 22 Apr 2006

 

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