New parents are always so eager and anxious for their babies to learn to talk. We cajole and coo and coax them to get out those first precious words. But…
Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969, passed away in 1978 while Jimmy Carter was President. Hundreds of people came from all over the world…
OUR NEW YEAR 2025 In 2025 I will strive to make each day an Amen.To cherish each moment like a precious gem.In every act, I’ll seek a real delight,And bask…
At the beginning of a New Year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers’ New Year’s resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great…
There is a famous oil painting called “Christ Teaching in The Temple,” by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890). The painting gets it wrong. It comes from an era when religious people…
This time of year young children in school make snowflake cutouts and post them on classroom and hallway walls. Snowflakes have always been seen as wonderful symbols of purity, symmetry…
Just about every Christmas Martha Stewart appears on TV and tells us how we too can have a Martha Stewart Christmas at home. Have you ever tried? Years ago Martha…
CHRIST’S CRY WHISPERS SOFTLY Christ’s Cry is often a gentle, soft sound, Reminding us that life’s worth can be found. In our everyday moments, through trials and peace, Christ’s Cry whispers softly, offering…
Blessed are they who find Christmas in the age-old story of a babe born in Bethlehem. To them a little child will always mean hope and promise to a troubled world. Blessed…
A CHORUS OF ANGELS SANG IN THE NIGHT It is a tale that always stretches our mind, Of God in flesh, with humankind entwined. In a humble town, God chose to appear, In…
