https://www.mossbunker.review/blog daily 0.75 2025-12-22 https://www.mossbunker.review/blog/fast-away-the-old-year-passes-lifes-last-words-of-hemingway-hand-and-hearstnbsp monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e3a97838a310a9ae6348b/54a7e42d-8087-4824-a2ae-257273ccd3f3/LifeMag3H.jpg Blog - Fast Away the Old Year Passes: Life’s last words of Hemingway, Hand, and Hearst  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mossbunker.review/blog/luther-and-calvin-two-reformation-voices-on-christmas monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e3a97838a310a9ae6348b/f326b792-9656-49a3-af67-e30fcaa908c0/geneva-statues-reformation-switzerland-thumbnail-4037327869.jpg Blog - Luther and Calvin: Two Reformation Voices on Christmas - When Martin Luther and John Calvin approached the story of Christmas, they considered the same stable and the same Child in the manger. But what they emphasized reveals two different Reformation sensibilities. They agree on core convictions, though their spiritual imaginations differ. They are telling the same story with different personalities and objectives. We need all the New Testament gospels, each with its own objectives, yet they tell the same story. Similarly, the Reformers’ diverse perspectives give Christmas its richness. https://www.mossbunker.review/blog/luthers-gift-rediscovering-the-hope-of-christmas monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e3a97838a310a9ae6348b/622592bd-d51c-41b8-9f29-9990633c2b73/martin_luther_1943.3.5801.jpg Blog - Luther’s Gift: Rediscovering the Hope of Christmas Each Advent in preparation for Christmas, I read another of Bainton’s published works, Martin Luther’s Christmas. The book includes an introduction by Bainton. It comprises selections from the many sermons Luther preached on the Christmas story. This time, I gathered my zettels, or expanded notes, on Bainton’s insights from the book. I combined them with an actual Christmas sermon by Luther on Luke 2. I was working on a small project for another podcast episode and a blog article that compares Luther’s and John Calvin’s views on Christmas. That is coming up, but I wanted to give Luther his own treatment because he has more of a “heart” for Christmas. (Does Calvin have a head for it?) Calvin is a steady, assuring influence, but Luther is more relatable. I’m not a beer drinker, but if I were, I would want Luther as my drinking buddy! I will say more about these two pillars of the Protestant movement later. https://www.mossbunker.review/blog/unexpected-grace-christmas-in-damon-runyons-old-new-york monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e3a97838a310a9ae6348b/3a81de01-2b0c-4ff1-8ac2-40800ccdf291/Collier%27s+1932-12-10.jpg Blog - Unexpected Grace: Christmas in Damon Runyon’s Old New York - Runyon (1880–1946) was one of America’s most distinctive storytellers. He was a journalist-turned-humorist whose tales rose out of the sidewalks, speakeasies, and racetracks of old New York. Born in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1880, he seasoned as a reporter in the rough-and-ready West. Runyon’s art flourished in that other Manhattan, New York City. From the Little Apple to the Big Apple, where he became a chronicler of Broadway’s colorful characters. Gamblers, bootleggers, chorus girls, and lovable rogues became his subjects. His stories read as if he “overheard them in a booth at Lindy’s delicatessen between bites of cheesecake.” His dialogues were “Runyonese”; full of slang, loads of nicknames, understatement, and street smarts. I have always thought of Sheldon Leonard’s onscreen performances as quintessential Runyonese. 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