Many years ago, before Heather and I were parents, I was working at my computer when an airline carrier offered a flash sale on flights from Nashville to Chicago in December for $29 each way. I called Heather and we both thought it would be a fun December getaway. We booked our...
There was a time when there was no time, When darkness reigned as king, When a formless void was all that there was in the nothingness of eternity, When it was night. But over the void and over the night Love watched. There was a time when time began. It began when Love spoke. Time began for...
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother...
Christmas recalls the story of travelers propelled by the unhurried rhythm of their animals: We three kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar, Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star. Why did these wise men undertake such a journey? A tall astronomer...
My most vivid childhood memory of Christmas that does not involve opening presents, putting batteries in presents, playing with presents, and destroying presents before sundown is the annual Nativity Pageant at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Armonk, N.Y. This was a major tradition at St...
My mom had one birth sister, and my sister and I call her Aunt Cindy. Aunt Cindy has always been a little bit magical to us. She always knows what we are thinking (good or bad), always comes up with the perfect outings (and can outlast our energy levels on any of them), and nearly...
Behold the father is his daughter’s son, The bird that built the nest is hatched therein, The old of years an hour hath not outrun, Eternal life to live doth now begin, The Word is dumb, the mirth of heaven doth weep, Might feeble is, and force doth faintly creep. O dying souls, behold...
Most all of us travel each day to and from familiar destinations in our usual frame of mind. Unknowingly, we are thinking about our jobs, upcoming events for our families, a performance by our child(ren), an important lecture or meeting, shopping lists...and so on and so on. In Luke...
He did not wait till the world was ready, ‘til men and nations were at peace He came when the Heavens were unsteady and prisoners cried out for release. He did not wait for the perfect time. He came when the need was deep and great. He dined with sinners in all their grime, turned water...
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. –Proverbs 3: 5-6 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. –John...
