Monthly Archives: December 2025

Hm? What does comfort look like to you? What does it feel like? For some, it is coming home from work and putting on your favorite slippers.  When your feet are relaxed and cradled in warm fuzzies, all is well.  For others, … Continue reading →

Here is another acrostic poem for the coming Christmas week. It is the greatest message the world has ever heard. Christ is Born Celebration fills the air as we remember His arrival, Hope shines brightly in a world longing for … Continue reading →

They say that Advent is all about waiting. Waiting for the coming of the Promised One. Promised eons ago, to the people who wandered in the desert looking for a homeland.   We are more fortunate than the people of old. We know the Promised One is Jesus … Continue reading →

The week before Christmas was a joyous madness in my youth: Sunday School Christmas program, choir rehearsals, decorating the tree, preparation for Christmas dinner. As an adult it was just as mad, but not as joyous. For me for years … Continue reading →

This 2025 Christmas season my wife, Paulette, and I both feel very blessed; we’re in fairly good health, busy, and involved in interesting activities.  As usual for Christmas time there are too many events squeezed into too short a period; … Continue reading →

We don’t send Christmas cards any more. Cost and time are the biggest factors. That, and in a world of instant, on-line social media communication, it just seems too dated and slow. I am an old soul in many things, … Continue reading →

 “In deepest night Christ’s coming shall be,when all the world is despairing,as morning light so quiet and free,so warm and gentle and caring.One without voice breaks forth in song,a lame one leaps in wonder,the weak are raised above the strong,and … Continue reading →

We are already in the church season of Advent. Advent season prepares us with expectation, mindfulness, and preparation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. It is easy to forget the “reason for the season,” and get caught up in shopping … Continue reading →

Only thirteen days until Christmas Day! The anticipation of this special day is so muchdifferent for me as an adult than when I was young. As a child I loved being in thechurch Christmas program and we usually had a … Continue reading →

I can still remember the excitement in our large household at the arrival of the winter edition of the mighty Sears Roebuck Christmas Catalog. Crowded with just about anything your heart could desire, our catalog became jammed with tiny alphabet letters indicating to Santa which prize was wanted … Continue reading →