It was my last year of teaching. Just a few days before Christmas break, one of my students, who we will call Sarah, came into my classroom early.After a few minutes of friendly chit-chat, I asked, “So why are you here so early?”Sarah smiled. “It’s because I have a...
No matter where we are, we are always with our Heavenly Father. Isn't this what Jesus meant in His address to His disciples just before ascending to Heaven? "Teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”...
Clankity Clank, Clankity Clank, Clankity-Clankity-Clankity Clank. It was a cold, December day. I had just pulled up to the department store in my old car. As soon as I got out the Winter wind bit into me. Yet, carried on this bitter wind was the sweet sound of a bell...
My mom and I were poor when I was young. I remember once when my father gave her ten dollars(he owed thousands), she cried. She worked two jobs to support us and I sold donuts in the neighborhood (I made 25 cents for every box sold).We didn't have a car, but we had...
The older I get, the more I'm convinced that memory and smell are linked. I close my eyes and I can almost smell Christmas. Sugar cookies baking. The turkey sizzling. I love the taste of Christmas. Mixed nuts. Mandarin oranges. Fresh dirt from one of my brother Tim's...
So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them .... Romans 12:5-6aThe new minister at an Edinburgh, Scotland, church was making visits. The second call...
I’m not sure exactly when she started giving her perfect Christmas gifts to me, but it became a tradition I anticipate each year.Somewhere during her middle school years, my daughter began making homemade Christmas gifts for me. At her age, she had no resources except...