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…
Embracing Change Through Faith
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…
Today’s the day – Thanksgiving, 2016. The day that we pause and take a moment to give thanks for all the blessings that we have had this past year. It’s difficult to believe that another year is almost in the…
No, I’m not writing about Donald Trump, his reality TV show, or politics. Rather, tonight’s post is about a personal story that goes back almost as long as I have been alive. You see, this is the time of year…