No one loves Christmas more than my dad. My parents had a way of making it magical every year, and a huge part of that experience was the decorating. There was only one kind of Christmas tree to buy: the biggest one we could find. And there was only one place to put our humongous Christmas tree...
When I was in elementary school, my mom drove me to school and church on the same road every day. One night, my mom and I were driving home, and I asked, “Why do people put Christmas lights on their houses?” She said, “To remind people of the star on the night when...
First Comingby Madeleine L’Engle He did not wait 'til 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...
It was a brisk February night in rural Iceland. Snow still coated the landscape, muffling the crunch of our tires as we drove into darkness. One of the reasons we’d come, after all, was to try and glimpse that elusive glimmer which reveals itself to only the most determined of travelers. A...
On November 2nd, the night before the 2020 presidential election, my son Levi and I were driving down West Main Street in Lebanon. He pointed out that the light poles had been decorated for Christmas. As we drove we enjoyed the lit-up angels and bells and snowmen. To be...
The true light [Jesus], which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. -The Gospel of John 1:9 Christmas lights have always fascinated me. I still remember the multicolored lights wrapped in live pine roping that were strung across the Lebanon city streets of my childhood...
