Five Ways to Increase Your Joy this Advent Season (Meditation on Psalm 84)
A praise dancer interpreted joy as the carols were sung, the Christmas trees blazed, and the advent candle was lit. How lovely is your...
Christmas Reflections
Christmas music was playing and snow was falling softly outside the kitchen window; it was a perfect day to bake Christmas cookies. I...
Hallelujah for Christmas Break!
I inherited a dominant teasing gene passed down from generations of relatives that loved to laugh. Humor is a coping mechanism for me. It...
Christmas Joy in the Midst of Sorrow
Perhaps the Christmas seasons that have meant the most to me have been the ones that were the most difficult. In the hard places, we are...
Christmas Pennies from Heaven
So many stories are told about grandmas’ attics, but my grandma’s attic was truly magical–especially at Christmas. Her attic was one big...
Santa?
It took seven years to settle on a compromise about Santa. During two years of dang and the first five years of mar- riage, the...
The Talking Christmas Tree and Other Fakes
In the 1960s in Peoria, IL there was a talking Christmas tree in the toy department of the Bergner’s Department Store. His eyes searched...
