Recently, there have been a number of documentaries detailing the history of the British throne and among the highlights, the abdication of Edward VIII on this date, December 11, in 1936 to marry American divorcee always seems to get some…
Embracing Change Through Faith
Late this afternoon, I happened to walk past the TV as they were announcing the death of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn, the last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts. For those of you who weren’t around back…
The Christmas decorations are going up – in fact, most of ours are already in place. Yesterday, we added finishing touches around the house and finally got the stockings up. But it was a bigger production than you may have…
Each year, Colonial Williamsburg celebrates an event they refer to as Grand Illumination. This happens the first Sunday of the first full week-end in December and leads off the Christmas season celebration. As the guests to the Historic Area watch…
Just last week, I remarked how much I was looking forward to a peaceful, restful Christmas season following the celebration of Thanksgiving last Thursday. However, since then, I have had an unbelievably hectic calendar. Normally, Janet and I wait until…