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Tag Archives: Christmas
‘As you wish’
But the fruit of the Spirit is … [May I have the envelope, please] … love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23) Earlier this year, we had some … Continue reading
Course correction
My last three Catches were about Joseph, earthly father of Jesus. In the first one I challenged some conventional thinking about Joseph in suggesting that he didn’t stand up for his wife’s story about why she was pregnant when he … Continue reading
A Christmas Birthday Wish
Sometimes he can go through a whole morning without ever thinking about it. In so many ways Jesus was just a normal almost seven-year-old kid playing soccer with his friends in the street. But then he’ll pull a move like … Continue reading
Make like Joseph
We don’t know a whole lot about Joseph except that he was of the House of David (a descendant of King David necessary for the fulfillment of prophecy) and he was obedient. When God said get up and go, Joseph … Continue reading
How the birth of Jesus messed up my day
My Catch hit so close to home yesterday that it never got out. I had already decided to explore what we could learn this Christmas season from the life of Joseph, not expecting to find out right off the bat … Continue reading
Making sense of a messy world
The wise men have always been my favorite because they were … well … wise. I’ve always been attracted to people who are wise; who have the ability to use their minds effectively to think, rationalize, analyze, and articulate the … Continue reading
Robin’s midnight Christmas moment
Today’s Catch comes from a story by one of our regular readers that was inspired by yesterday’s Catch about silver bells. We appreciate it so much when you share your stories with us, and, as much as possible, we like … Continue reading
Silver bells, and not a day too soon
It’s December, and the city stoplights are already blinking a bright red and green. I don’t know how they know how to do that, but suddenly, every December, they do. One of these years, I’m going to stay up all … Continue reading
The Last Gift of Christmas
Our 16-year-old son, Chandler, is the one responsible for the last gift of Christmas, 2015. By that I mean the last gift purchased. It was late afternoon, Christmas Eve, and Chandler, Marti and I had just enjoyed a traditional live … Continue reading
Pleasant Haunts
I have endeavored in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humor with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses … Continue reading
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