Month: December 2023
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Where is Baby Jesus?
I was walking by the nursing mothers’ room at church on the way to the restroom. I stopped in surprise when I looked and in the room was a manger. Baby Jesus was not in the manger instead there was a box. Not what I expected to see. The question that ran through my mind “Where is baby…
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The Star
I may not be a wise man but like them I love to star gaze. There is such beauty in the twinkling night sky. To think that each of those shining lights are massive orbs of burning gas, that they are the suns of other universes so far, far away. Even more exciting is the…
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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or is it? I know you have all heard that song. The song that declares it’s the most wonderful time of the year. As if holiday greetings, friends coming to call, parties that we host, marshmallows that we roast, and carolers out in the snow somehow mean…
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The Little Drummer Boy
As a music lover, there are many Christmas carols that I have sang over the years. I start as early as I can and sing or listen to them as often as I can in the Christmas season. One of the songs that I have enjoyed a great deal is “The Little Drummer Boy.” The song…
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This Christmas (Christmas Contentment)
Since my divorce I had always set aside money for Christmas. I wanted to give my children the three gifts, as had been the tradition for Christmas since their births. Jesus got 3 so they got 3. That was the logic behind our plan. Besides that, it would help keep Christmas reasonable, with our growing family this was…
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