The Best Job in the World
It’s Christmas and I am on the road once again — but, this time, in my own time zone. I am in Corpus Christi to visit with my wife’s family. This morning Cheryl and I got up early and headed to the...
View ArticleOur Family Tree
Many years ago my mother planted a seed in the backyard of our family’s home in McAllen, Texas. She was especially excited about this particular seed — one she had taken from a gnarled brown seed pod...
View ArticleI Need Christ
“Who needs Christ during Christmas?” is this year’s annual anti-Christmas initiative by the secular atheist group known as American Atheists. The campaign comes as no surprise. Every year, atheist and...
View Article‘Tis the Season
‘Tis the season, once again, when atheist activists bash the reason for the season. In previous years, atheists groups have targeted urban audiences in places like New York and London. This year,...
View ArticleThe Other Wise Man
I love a good story, especially the seasonal Christmas stories that I have enjoyed since I was a kid. My first exposure to “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens was in an imaginatively illustrated...
View ArticleLosing Sight of Jesus
Perhaps the easiest thing for us to do at Christmas is to allow the frantic pace of the season to cause us to lose sight of Jesus. Instead of slowing down enough to see Jesus clearly, we tend to speed...
View ArticleTell Heartwarming Stories
Christmas is a time that naturally lends itself to telling stories. When my kids were little they often acted out the Christmas story — borrowing a doll for the role of baby Jesus and crafting...
View ArticleAn Atheist Christmas
The group known as American Atheists have once again launched their annual anti-Christmas billboard campaign. Two years ago, their signature piece featured a little girl with a mischievous look writing...
View ArticleOn the Feast of Stephen
“Good King Wenceslas” is one of the lesser-known Christmas carols and yet one with a beautiful message. In brief, the carol is about a king and his page who set off on a cold winter day to help a less...
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