Category Archives: Essays

The Christmas Gift

  The Christmas Gift Yes, sadly, it’s true. Christmas is over. The Christmas decorations are packed away, the Christmas trees are faded memories, and the holiday season is behind us. But in my house, Christmas lives on because of one tiny Christmas Gift. It’s not a gift that someone gave me. It’s more like a little Christmas miracle… Read More »

Thoughts On Faith

  Thoughts On Faith Almost all of us who have children have had the common and amazing, experience of teaching a child to ride a bike. Before I get rolling, let’s clarify the word “bike”. Long ago, unfortunately, the word “bike” was an unambiguous word that meant bicycle – the kind with two wheels, a bell, streamers, and… Read More »

A Rockin’ New Year’s Eve

    A Rockin’ New Year’s Eve First, before I get started, let me make it clear that I, for one, don’t like the term “Rockin’”. What does it really mean? A rocking horse is “rockin’” but only if someone is sitting on it. My recliner rocks, but only if I’m a wake and making it rock. I… Read More »

We Are The Keepers of Christmas

    We Are The Keepers of Christmas It’s a wintry mix kind of day. The sky is obscured with an unending blanket of gray that will never brighten and yield to an increasingly earlier sunset only to be swallowed up by the long winter darkness.  It’s always windy this time of year, and that makes the dead… Read More »