The Christmas Invasion and What to Do About It
© 2008 Jazz Guy, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Have you been to the mall yet? I try my best to avoid it. When I find myself herded with strangers between purse displays under signs that say Believe, I have the urge to make mooing noises and say NO I DON’T BELIEVE IN...
Have Yourself a Messy Little Christmas
Our children decorated white gift bags for our senior adults during Sunday school on Sunday and amid all the drawings of wreaths and Christmas trees and holy babies in mangers, there was this one. I’M IN LOVE WITH IT. Maybe the child chose a bright blue marker because...
I Love Candy and Other Thanks to Give
A year or so ago I found an electric typewriter headed for the trash and put it in the big room on the children’s hall at church where they gather to play air hockey and ping pong and eat doughnuts before Sunday school starts. I hoped that once they figured out what...
Closed Doors and Tests to Get In
When one of my nieces was three, she was a little parrot, eager to participate in adult conversation, contributing her own versions of phrases she had heard. “How in the world are you doing?” became “How are you doing in the world?” So I ask you, how are you doing in...
Wayward Crayons and a Box for Us All
There are books for children and then there are books for ALL OF US that only look like they’re for children. The Day the Crayons Came Home, Drew Daywalt’s hilarious, profound story about Duncan and his wayward crayons, is the latter, a must have for EVERYONE on...
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