holiday

Are You Sure It’s Christmas?

December 22, 2007 holiday

I went shopping today at my favorite store, Tar-jay. I was there, of course, to go Christmas shopping. It is, after all a mere 3 days away. THREE DAYS. Well, as I was buying candy canes, scarves and santa hats, I also found some Valentines and a swim suit. Let me repeat myself: VALENTINES and [...]

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oh! ho! ho! the last.

December 17, 2007 books

Luke 2 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire… All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census. And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home…He took with him [...]

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oh! ho! ho! the third. *updated*

November 19, 2007 christmas

It’s Thanksgiving week! Can you believe it? It seems like every year when Thanksgiving comes Christmas is just days away. I’m sure the Christmas decorations in September help move the season right along, too. It seems like Thanksgiving has become the opening celebration for the Christmas season. And it’s probably apropos anyway–starting off the most [...]

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The Day Independence Came

July 4, 2007 faith

One of my very favorite things in all of the world is Adventures in Odyssey. It’s a top notch radio drama set in small town America. My brother and I listened to it on vacations, in our rooms before bed and still love to listen to them. I found a few of the old tapes [...]

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I heart Christmas

June 9, 2007 christmas

I know, I know. It’s June. I can’t even use the Christmas in July thing. But, hey! I’m in MO at a wedding and I can’t get online so I’m pre-posting all these for your reading pleasure. This post is from my old blog that is on my computer that I never put online. I [...]

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