One of my favorite passages on Good Friday:
Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me.”
22His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. 23One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 24Simon Peter [...]
Archive for the ‘holidays’ Category
10 Apr
The ultimate volunteer
14 Feb
Too Early For A Recap?
Valentine’s Day 2009
Since Doug and my wedding anniversary is Feb 17, we usually don’t do much for Valentine’s Day itself. Our first married V-Day, we couldn’t afford celebrating both Valentine’s Day and our anniversary. We opted for the anniversary. Now Feb 15, everything romantic goes on clearance. So on Feb 17, Doug came home with [...]
19 Jan
Dream realized?
On this the official observance of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, I am hearing media comments regarding the correlation of the holiday with Barack Obama’s inauguration calling it “the realization of Dr. King’s vision”. Is it? Was the election of a black president really Dr. King’s dream?
According to a CNN poll, many [...]
7 Dec
Why Must There Be A Santa Claus, Virginia?
Why are we so intent on making children believe in Santa Claus? What would Christmas lose if parents told the truth? Why do we want so badly for children to have a surreal magical trance-like experience of Christmas through the wonder of Santa Claus? Do you remember or have you heard of the editorial, “Yes, [...]
7 Dec
Just when you thought…
Our kids are taught a new virtue each month in their Orchard Kids Wahabu class. This month the virtue is generosity. In combination with the grown up church, the kids are also learning about the clean water crises around the world. They talked in small group about what they could do to help whether it [...]
5 Dec
Moms, gifts, and Christmas guilt
I received a Christmas-themed email survey the other day. You know the ones where you copy and paste it onto a new email, type over the sender’s answers and forward along. I love those. Seriously I do. One question is nagging at me tonight. It was “Worst thing about this time of year”. My answer [...]
3 Dec
What’s the F?
I put up my outdoor Christmas lights tonight. That’s Doug’s job. But not this year. No biggie? I got up on a 7 ft aluminum ladder, the last hour in a snow storm. I tested them first, figured out how to clip them to my gutter, fell against the side of the house once [...]
14 Nov
Shop ’til you drop–or kill someone!
Floating Axhead has a good post about the upcoming boycott season. Worth the read. Some comments talked about the consumerism thing and lets not celebrate Christmas but use our time and money for better things than landfill fodder. As I started to comment, I found myself rambling as per usual so I brought it over [...]
11 Nov
Veterans Day
I know a few veterans. Some in my family. Some in my neighborhood. Some are my friends.
Thank you for joining an organization knowing full well you may be put into harm’s way. Thank you to Mark M., Mark R., Bobby, Stephanie, Tim, Uncle Jack, Uncle Bud(you always looked so handsome in that uniform).
I have a [...]
29 Oct
Its the most wonderful time…
Our church community participated last year and it was a great experience for our family. I highly recommend.
