December 2010
4 posts
Monsters In The Closet
There were a lot of things that used to scare me when I was a kid. Bullies used to scare me. They seemed so tough, and I was certain that I could not stand up to them. Monsters used to scare me as well. Not real monsters, but the monsters that lived in my closet. Each night before going to sleep, I would close my closet door, and check under my bed to be sure none had left the closet to...
A Blue Christmas
Last night I heard a depressing story from one of my students. Last year one her friends lost a 4 year child to cancer on Christmas morning. Let that sink in for a moment. I cannot imagine the horror of watching a child die at any time, but not on Christmas! This is the day when we are supposed to feel joy, and be uplifted. If a tragedy like this is to happen, why can’t we not magically...
Anonymous asked: Why is Jesus your savior, yet not your Lord?
Celebrating the Real
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For most of the lives of our children, we celebrated Christmas in the same manner. One of the ways we celebrated was by cutting down a Christmas tree every year. We went out to a Christmas tree farm, walked down row after row of trees, and eventually would narrow the choice down to two or three trees. Rarely...