A Trip to Utopia
Ray and I woke up in one of our favorite places this morning. Last year we got pushed out of town on our anniversary because all our plumbing had to be flushed to kill ecoli! This year we decided to end our…
Ray and I woke up in one of our favorite places this morning. Last year we got pushed out of town on our anniversary because all our plumbing had to be flushed to kill ecoli! This year we decided to end our…
Sunday after Sunday Miss Gladys walks slowly up the side aisle with Mack shuffling closely behind her. She exchanges greetings with her Christian brothers and sisters as they leave their pews. She talks to the men up front who have…
Ray and I drove to Missouri on Sunday to spend a few days with our son John, his wife Audra, and our sweet powerhouse of a grandson Henry. Since he is two and a half, every word that comes out of…
On Saturday Ray and I celebrated forty years of marriage. In August John, Bethany, and Mary Evelyn and their families sent us on our first and only cruise–to Alaska. On Saturday our girls and their families made us breakfast and…
Mary Evelyn asked Ray the other day which was the first Christmas present he remembered receiving. Her question led to a discussion about Christmas memories and other childhood memories. While we talked, Ray remembered board games he received at early Christmases.…
An astounding thing happened just over 2000 years ago. Our Father sent His only Son away from the wonder and majesty and safety of heaven to the earth He had created. God didn’t give Jesus a message to write in…
Ray and I spent yesterday Christmas shopping. In a Christian bookstore, I found a nice reusable sticker book about the birth of Jesus. I was impressed with the quality. The background scenes for the stickers were great. The book included Nazareth,…
When people tell the story of Jesus’ birth, they almost always tell about the manger and the shepherds and usually about the visit of the magi. I love all these beautiful stories, but I also love the stories of Simeon and Anna,…
The birth of a baby is good news! Parents want to tell other people and the people they tell want to tell others, too. The way people share the news about a baby’s birth has changed in the last 35…