Letter To Santa
I think this might be our first letter to Santa.
Father’s Day for Dummies
Loooovvveee Father’s Day! Don’t you? Breakfast in bed. Cards from smiling ladies as we shuffle out to church. Come home to find a little lady bringing me my slippers. Watch something sporty – even if the only thing on is NASCAR. Fall asleep in my lazy boy recliner while someone tucks me in as another…
Hallowed Grounds | PBS
A day late, but worth watching! Not sure when PBS will be showing this again, but it a great 1 hour history reminder of the heroes we should be toasting on Memorial Day. This holiday we take for granted is a testimony in itself to those who have made the greatest of sacrifices for freedom,…
Today is Pentecost
The second most important day to commemorate in early Christianity after Resurrection Sunday was Pentecost. How I lament the loss of this celebration of the giving of the Holy Spirit to every individual believer in contemporary times. But there is nothing to stop us in our families to celebrate this day. Here are two resources…
For The Sweet Mother In My Life On This Joyous and Momentous Mother’s Day
Dear cherished lovely Lady of whose value the world cannot esteem or estimate for you are truly beyond being some mundane mathematical equation (such as 2+2=4) but rather are more like an esoteric mathematical investigation that promises to carry on into oblivion (like Fermat’s Last Theorem, only that was solved after 300 years so maybe…
A Toast to Friends
I originally posted this blog on December 21, 2009 in my tradition series. Join in this sweet tradition which celebrates a father’s life . ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY, DRINK A TOAST TO ALL: FRIENDSHIPS GOOD AND GREAT Originally published on Sunday March 14, 1999 in the St. Louis Post Dispatch
The End of a Decade?
It may be the most innocuous of all arguments within the last two centuries. That is if you forget the argument I had with my brother as a child when he told me to name one thing in life that didn’t have political implications. My answer: lint. It was the one and only argument where…
Our Nativity Scene
Part of our annual Christmas tradition is to build the manger scene with our little ladies. We add a different part each night beginning Dec 1st and ending Christmas morning with Baby Jesus. Each night we read from the related Scripture and talk about what it means – imagining ourselves in that time and place. The…