I read an article today online that frustrated me.  The article is entitled: 10 Things Husbands Should Never Do.  Here is the list created in the article published in Women’s Day on December 9th: 10 Things Husbands Should Never Do: 1. Offer to “babysit” your own kids. 2. Imply that office work is harder than [...]

Merry Christmas Everyone! Our family is enjoying a few days of relaxation…well…true laziness.  There is nothing like Christmas Day, waking up at the crack of dawn by your obnoxious children anxious to see what gifts under the tree belong to them.  Then they are opened in record speeds.  Then we play all day long.  Oh [...]

The first snow of the year is so exciting, even if it is only three or four inches deep.  It never fails, my childlike tendencies come out every time.  I will constantly check accumulation from the window.  I will go outside and play in it. I will build a snowfort.  I will make a snowman.  I will take full advantage of it [...]

“This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit…” Matthew 1:18 I’ve read through the story of Jesus’ birth a couple of times this week with the desire [...]

Possibly you plan to stay home during the week of Christmas because your kids are out of school and you want to have some family time, or maybe you just need a break from your constant hectic work cycle.  Regardless of what your plans are for the Christmas holiday season… Will you try something? I [...]

“The eye is the lamp of the body.  If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.  But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.  If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”  Matthew 6:22-23 I remember when I was [...]

“Stop!  Wait!  I feel uncomfortable!  I don’t want to try something new!”  Let me ask you…  Did Jesus feel comfortable when he overturned the tables in the temple courts? Did he feel comfortable knowing the Pharisees were listening to his every word to see if they could catch him make a mistake? Did he feel [...]

As a Christian, what should I do with Christmas? Should I celebrate the birth of Jesus during this time or not? This seems like a silly question to many, but a very live question for those with a conservative (somewhat orthodox) Christian background. Let me try to explain just a little bit of this dilemma. [...]

Yesterday I had the duty of going out into the shed and retrieving all of the plastic tubs filled with Christmas decorations. There must have been fifty million of them. Well, at least my back thinks so. Last night my wife rediscovered her love for Christmas while joyfully doing her duty of unpacking those tubs. [...]

Imagine for a moment sitting in your dorm room in college. You’ve been studying hour after hour after hour with absolutely no break. Your head hurts from being crammed full with constructive information that may or may not be useful to you in the future. The pressure is on. You know that you will have [...]