It’s Father’s Day! Every year as this day rolls around I stand in wonder. I am in wonder because I cannot understand what my heavenly Father was thinking when he decided to bless me with such wonderful children. He knew of all my shortcomings and sinfulness and still blessed me with the responsibility of being their father. […]Read Post ›
This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” (Jeremiah 31: 15) This is probably the saddest of all the prophecies that pointed to events surrounding the Christmas birth. Herod, the Jewish king at that time, was fearful of losing […]Read Post ›
In 1912, Paris found itself with a growing overpopulation of abandoned babies. One of the “foundling” hospitals of that city devised a way to find not only homes for those children, but also a way to raise money. They held a “Loterie de Bébés” or baby raffle. (No I did not misspell rattle!) Maybe there were […]Read Post ›
I think we have the best Christmas tree of our time. It is the best because I can remember a number of years ago when I was still drinking and we could not afford a tree. My wife and kids actually had to construct a tree from some cardboard tubes. The kids seemed ok with it […]Read Post ›
