by admin | Dec 1, 2016 | Christmas
This Christmas some of you may be feeling that it’s hard to find something for which to be jolly. However, this is exactly the sort of time, when I am exhausted, disgusted and annoyed as hell, that my favorite word becomes my mantra. That word is…and. The...
by admin | Feb 17, 2013 | Christmas
Four times, I have witnessed the birth of my grandchildren. It was miraculous every time. The doorway to an unknown world opens and life embraces a tiny human and the mystery begins. Who will this one be? And, who did you intend to be? This is a time of year filled...
by admin | Feb 17, 2013 | Christmas
“Nice to see you,” she said as if she knew I’d be coming. “Yeah, nice to see you too. I know it’s been a while. I’ve been busy.” “So how can I help,” she said, using her standard familiar phase for getting right to...
by admin | Feb 17, 2013 | Christmas
“For many of us Christmas is a big bah humbug! It’s that nauseating time of year that begins long before Halloween, when the hawking starts in every store isle and Christmas becomes a commercial extravaganza of sensory overload. Step right up, get em’ while...
by admin | Feb 17, 2013 | Christmas
Irene Thorstad was a saint. Her crippled little eighty-seven year old body was nearly doubled over. The first time I walked into that congregation at church an eon ago, I spotted her. She was different. She had some kind of grace and energy that I had never been...
