I’ve loved you so long ~ fiercely, unashamedly, and with total abandon. Without reserve, with all that I am. You captured my heart the day you were born. I loved the way you laughed, bounced up and down in your bed, and made the springs squeak. I watched you run down the hall with a […]
A Christmas Postlude
And so Christmas 2013 joins the “Parade of Christmas pasts…” The anniversary of Christ’s birth ~ the single most significant event in the history of man. The Christ child, born in a humble stable ~ the Word of God, now Immanuel, God with us! Such an event fills us with amazement and gratitude for the […]
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This Christmas…
THIS CHRISTMAS….. Let’s give a little Jesus, a thoughtful word or deed, An act of generosity for someone who’s in need. Let’s give a little Jesus, to everyone we meet~ The salesclerk or the server, the person on the street. Let’s give a little Jesus, that’s what really counts~ Not what’s spent or bought, for whom, in what […]
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JOY, JOY, JOY!
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, And nature sing!” This jubilant hymn was written in 1719 by the prolific and gifted Isaac Watts ~ minister, son of a […]
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Christmas and Broken Glass
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the Light of all mankind. The Word became flesh and made His […]
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Our Best Family Recipes
As one three year old observed, “I don’t like the turkey very much, but I sure do like that bread he ate!” The Christmas season is all about faith, home, family, love, and food. It’s true that we spend more time focusing on what we eat between Christmas and New Year’s than any other time […]