Expectations of the Season
What does the Christmas season promise you this year? We all have an expectation even if we rarely pull it out to look at it.
For some it’s the expectation of a credit card bill that takes too long to pay.
Others dream of just the perfect gift to buy.
Some dread to go shopping.
Some delight in family visits that are all... >Read More
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Life After Death at Halloween
One of humanity's quirks is that people actually like to be scared. At least, pretend scared. Kids (and often adults) dress up as ghouls, ghosts, pirates, and their favorite costumed superheros and villains and run around from house to house shouting "Trick of Treat!" and demanding candy.
I've always thought Halloween is one of the weirdest holidays:...... >Read More
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Easter is a Restoration
When you think of Easter do you think of bunnies and eggs? Chicks and baskets? Possibly a cross or a church or spring dresses? I think of hundred year old houses. It’s a little random, I know, but at the heart of it, Easter is all about restoration.
You don’t have to look far to see what’s wrong with the... >Read More
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The Difference
When I think of Christmas, I often think of something that happened during my school-teaching days. The school I taught in was very old. It had fourteen-foot ceilings and huge windows. The kids who attended this ghetto school were tough, and they were extremely poor. Maybe that’s how they got to be so tough.
Determined to make it special
Christmas...... >Read More
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December Tears
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Bah Humbug.
For many people, Christmas is the saddest time of year. In a culture that is obsessed with all things Christmas, it is easy to feel like an alien when our thoughts and feelings are anything but merry.
Whether your pain stems from lost loved ones, unfulfilled hopes, shattered dreams or personal...... >Read More
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December Tears
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Bah Humbug.
For many people, Christmas is the saddest time of year. In a culture that is obsessed with all things Christmas, it is easy to feel like an alien when our thoughts and feelings are anything but merry.
Whether your pain stems from lost loved ones, unfulfilled hopes, shattered dreams or personal...... >Read More
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Home for Christmas
Are you lonely this Christmas? Come talk to a mentor.
In 1962 I... >more
My Boy, You Need Jesus
Story told by Jeff Yellow Owl, written by Patty Duncan
In 1923... >more
Love can be dangerous
