Holiday Spirit As the Christmas holiday quickly approaches, thoughts will be turning to happiness, love and family. Before we actually get around to celebrating Christmas, we must first navigate the weeks leading up to the 25th and all of the hype and sales as well. When I was younger, the Christmas season did not really […]

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, that’s a Christmas song most of us know about, even those who are not too good at singing Carols. If you get a translation of the phrase Tannenbaum it is most likely Christmas tree. More literally it is Fir tree. We who celebrate the arrival of the Germans among others at […]

Today’s statistics show that teens with only one parent are 25 times more likely to commit suicide, 10-15 times more likely to get involved with drugs and/or gang activity, and 17 times more likely to become violent and become involved with the criminal justice system by the age of 13. As for me, I am […]

Isaiah 9:6: For to us a child is born, To us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (NIV) In 9:7: Of the increase of HIS government and peace there will be no end. Notice how […]

Ah, Christmas! What an exciting and special time of the year. Though adulthood, with its grownup logic and realities have depleted much of the childhood magic and luster I once associated with the Christmas holiday, I still have rather fond memories of Christmas past. I grew up in south Mississippi, in a little place called […]