Remember how excited we’d get as children on Valentine’s Day, counting those cards, reading the verses, keeping them in boxes? What a sweet custom! It seemed to me that my kindergarteners got more excited about Valentine’s Day than about Christmas. They would decorate white paper sacks which I fastened to the chalk tray then they would […]
Dec 27, 2025
Wicked Weather
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Arkansas weather, much like Oklahoma’s weather, is deceptive. It’s hard to believe that tomorrow the temperature will climb to seventy-two, then drop fifty degrees to a bone-chilling twenty-two Sunday night. Weather is changeable; you can’t count on it remaining one way or the other for very long. Do you leave Christmas decorations up past December […]
Dec 26, 2025
The Day After Christmas
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And now, mail resumes, banks re-open, people go back to work, and I’m grateful for another wonderful Christmas with my family. In many countries, this is Boxing Day, and I don’t mean it’s a time when we put on gloves and solve all our differences with combat. The day after Christmas is a day when […]
Dec 22, 2025
The Old Man’s Hat
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It’s interesting that so many songs and poems give us a peek at the lives and practices of previous generations. The old English Christmas song, “Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat; please to put a penny in the old man’s hat” is one such 17th century song. It encourages people to be generous […]
Dec 15, 2025
Advent Candles
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Our family has the tradition of lighting Advent candles on the Sundays before Christmas, then reading Scripture. The soft glow of the candle is peaceful and silent but it reflects a powerful message of hope and love. I wish that our world would stop for a moment and absorb this quietness and peace. Doesn’t Scripture […]
Dec 26, 2024
Boxing Day
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And now, mail resumes, banks re-open, people go back to work, and I’m grateful for another wonderful Christmas with my family. In many countries, this is Boxing Day, and I don’t mean it’s a time when we put on gloves and solve all our differences with combat. The day after Christmas is a day when […]
