The hope of Easter
It was mid-morning on a weekday. The kids were at school, and I was working at my computer. I hadn’t had breakfast, and my...
Living resurrection power
When living in Spain, we were overwhelmed with the attention given to Easter week. Elaborate religious processions winding through the streets and avenues of...
Blue Christmas
Blue Christmas" is more than a holiday song famously performed by Elvis Presley. Blue Christmas, sometimes also called the Longest Night, is a day...
What angels long to see
One cannot tell the Christmas story without including angels. Who has seen a Christmas play that has not included one or more adorable children...
They that mourn
Simeon and Anna are two of my favorite biblical characters we encounter during the Christmas season. These two senior adults appear at the temple...
Promises, puzzles and Pentecost
Pentecost, a 50-day time span beginning Easter Sunday, celebrates culminated promises and a new beginning. The story of Pentecost in Acts 2 contains some...
Home for the holidays
I was so looking forward to our first Christmas as a married couple. Decorating our apartment, shopping for gifts, baking my favorite Christmas goodies...
Home for the holidays
In the 1971 television movie The Homecoming, John Walton, Sr., is delayed in town on Christmas Eve. His wife, at home, learns there has...