Tag: Celebration

• Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Part Ways 

  

  Free speech is not a talisman that turns folly into wisdom or rudeness into courage. It is a legal shield against government punishment for words. It is not a contract that binds employers, customers, or neighbors to applaud, employ, or endorse those words. We confuse categories and then act shocked at the bill that arrives.…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  September 18, 2025

  Education, On Christianity, On Faith, politics

  Bible, Celebration, christianity, consequences, deal with it, employment, faith, Freedom, god, grace, holy-spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, love, speech

• Why We Celebrate Christmas

  

   I, as most of you, have many fond childhood memories of Christmas.  As a kid growing up in Minnesota, our family made it a tradition to travel to a tree farm and hunt for that perfect tree and cut it down ourselves and have our home smelling like pine for the next two weeks.  I…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  December 24, 2024

  On Christianity, On Faith

  Bible, Birth, Celebration, Christian, christianity, Christmas, faith, grace, Holy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, love, Salvation, Spirit