Merry Christmas from my house to yours! It’s been a good year since last Christmas when I got the grandkids to pose in front of the Christmas tree. I don’t know about you, but for me the year seemed to speed by until here we are at Christmas 2019 and getting ready to head into a new decade. My sons …
The greatest gift is a portion of yourself.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson At this time of year with Christmas days away instead of weeks, some of us may wonder how we’re going to get everything done with time enough to enjoy the visits and special events. I’ve got a few busy days to get things ready for fun times with my …
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises. …Psalm 98:4 (NKJ) Recently in my newsletter, I asked if readers wanted to share about being in Christmas pageants or if they’d been caroling. I also asked about their favorite Christmas songs. As I indicated in a previous post, “Mary Did You Know” was …
It was interesting finding out the story behind “Mary Did You Know” one of the newer Christmas song favorites. Then a reader suggested I look up the story behind the song “O Holy Night.” And what a story that is. It seems that back in 1847 in a small French town, a man named Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure was known …
Ho! Ho! Ho! Hello there. Do you like stories? Then let me share a little story with you. I’m a Santa Claus. Not the real guy, but one of his representatives. Some people like to collect Santa representatives. I’m not sure why since they only want us to show up at certain times of the year. The rest of the …
“For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign to you: you will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” …Luke 2:11-12 (NKJ) It’s Christmas pageant season. So I’m sure you’ve heard that verse above recited in a church …
But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. …Luke 2:19 (NKJ) When I sign my books, I try to put a Scripture reference that will somehow connect with the story in whichever book I’m signing. For example, I like Psalm 46:1 for my latest release, my Shaker book, The Refuge. God is our refuge and strength, a …
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~Mahatma Gandhi My Shaker Christmas book, Christmas at Harmony Hill, is on e-book special right now. You can download a copy at many of the e-book sites for a penny less than one dollar. Ninety-nine cents! I love that the publishers decided to offer this book at a special price …
“There is always, always something to be thankful for.” On Thanksgiving Day we search through our thoughts for those reasons to be thankful. I have so many. Some big things like my family, my faith, my friends, my books, readers like you, my church, and I could go on and on. But sometimes it’s also good to think about those …
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble. ~Yehuda Berg How many of you, as children, learned the …