Happy Sixth Day of Christmas
When I was growing up, one of the superstitions that people around me believed was that you must take your Christmas tree down before New Year’s Day so you wouldn’t have “bad luck.” I am thankful that Christ has set…
When I was growing up, one of the superstitions that people around me believed was that you must take your Christmas tree down before New Year’s Day so you wouldn’t have “bad luck.” I am thankful that Christ has set…
Sometimes I grab a knife and whack off the stem of my banana, but I usually grab it between my thumb and index finger and pull. You know what happens then. Usually the stem snaps and I start peeling my…
On this day thirty-nine years ago, I made one of the best decisions I have ever made. I married Ray Notgrass. I had been twenty-one years old for twenty-five days and a college graduate for seven. I was not old…
Boxing Day is celebrated in England on the day after Christmas. The original purpose of the holiday was to honor servants with a box containing gifts, hence the name Boxing Day. Only a small percentage of Americans today have servants…
Good Morning and Merry Christmas! Today I would like to share the words of one of my favorite Christmas carols, “Once in Royal David’s City,” written by Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander and published in Hymns for Little Children in 1848.…
Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, were relatives. Elizabeth became pregnant first and when she was in her sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Mary. Gabriel told Mary that she would give…