Dad was a railroad man. When I was little, he was gone a lot. I loved my daddy. We were great buddies. We had secrets and did boy things together. I really missed Daddy when he went off to work on the railroad. But some of my most joyful memories are of Mama’s round little…
Are your private, personal choices anyone else’s business? Your first thought might be, “No. What I choose to do privately is no one’s business but mine.” Hold that thought until you hear Daniel’s story. Almost three thousand years ago, Daniel made a private, personal choice that affected more people than he could have imagined. Yet,…
“Parents say strange things.” That’s what I told my older sister, Louise, when Mama passed up all of the good pieces of fried chicken and said, “I prefer the neck.” Years later I realized Mama didn’t really preferred the neck. In those days our family of six was so poor that Mama always took less…
“Let’s Go to Bethlehem” “When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.’ So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the…
Incredible Art. Seemed Worthless You can’t miss this unusual yet brief video of an incredible work of art. Before you watch it, think about all the significant news happening around us this Christmas season like the San Bernardino massacre, the Stars Wars $238 million debut, the unprecedented landslides in China, and the headlines continue. With…
A Fresh Look at St. Nick. Love him or Not? After nearly 2,000 years of looking at pictures and poems about St. Nicholas, I think it is time to take a fresh look. After Jesus was born in the little town of Bethlehem, St. Nicholas was born in the little town of Patara, Greece.…
When Your Loved One Dies Young, What can we say? Their first Christmas without him was almost unbearable. When my friends lost their child, they were devastated. Who wouldn’t be, and especially during the season between Thanksgiving and Christmas? It is certainly the most tender time of the year because of our memories of…