Devotional

Tonight our Bible study group got together for our annual Christmas dinner at the home of one of our members. One of the things that is so nice about our group is that we all blend so well together. That…

One of my favorite Christmas traditions as a child was to go with Mom to Marshall Field's in downtown Chicago and have lunch in the Walnut Room that, as I recall, was on the 7th floor of Field's. Of course,…

When I was a young guy, I used to love watching the various Christmas programs. For those of you old enough to remember, you might recall watching the original "Frosty the Snowman" which was first released in 1953 and featured…

The last several weeks have been challenging, to say the least, for our family and for our oldest daughter, Kristin, in particular. It's been more than 3 weeks since she had the father of all headaches - an event that…

Janet and I have spent the better part of two weeks watching a number of feel good Christmas movies. Of course, most of them have been on the Hallmark channel, the channel I would pick if I could only choose…

Last week, Janet ran into a friend and was lamenting the fact that she didn't know what presents to buy for various people in the family. Janet's friend responded, "Just give them love..." When Janet repeated the conversation to me, the…

I was staying at my favorite local hotel in Evansville Monday evening, in anticipation of a full day of work on Tuesday. I was pretty tired and decided to turn in early. After all, I start at 7 am with…

So, let's see. First we had Thanksgiving - then we had Black Friday. By the way, for those of you who don't know the meaning of "black Friday", it's the day of the year that many retailers go from losing…

This year, Janet and I actually starting putting up the Christmas decorations the week before Thanksgiving. Now this is in direct opposition to what we believe in - but we didn't see any possible way to get it all done…

For the last forty two years, I have been in charge of cooking the Thanksgiving Day turkey. Janet does all the sides and the system has worked pretty well for us. Before I took over the duties of cooking the…