When confronted by a CNN reporter in Brownsville last September at a legislative hearing, Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw said he would resign if his troopers had “any culpability” in the flawed police response to the Uvalde school shooting last May. (Source: Texas Tribune.)
There are many biblical characters that populate our Christmas tradition: angels, a jealous king, a pregnant virgin, wisemen from the East, lonely shepherds and lowing cattle, and, of course the baby Jesus. But what about that quiet, unassuming man standing by the manger in our nativity sets? Although Joseph of Nazareth was descended from a long line of kings and governors, he earned his living by the sweat of his brow. Because Joseph was a direct descendant of the royal line of David, if there had been an Israelite king in the days of the Roman Empire, Joseph might even have ascended to the throne… Yet the story of Joseph of Nazareth in the New Testament is little more than a two-act play in which the title character never says a single word. Act I takes place just before the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem; Act II takes place not too long after.
• Wouldn’t it be great if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes, come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller?
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