Category Archives: Christmas

The Yeast of Christmas

For 33 years of our marriage Diane’s mom always made the rolls for Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Diane’s mom is in her late 80’s so last year, to lighten her load, someone brought store bought rolls for Christmas. They were … Continue reading

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God came to earth

This morning as I was looking at one of the lights in the house I was thinking about never having to change light bulbs any more. We have LED light bulbs everywhere possible in the house and they last forever. … Continue reading

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No cancelling Christmas

The other day I was changing the inserts in the matching lights at the front of the church. Felty Custom Graphics, who has a print shop in the old Fountain fire department, did prints for us for all the seasons. … Continue reading

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Have you recovered from Christmas yet?

Christmas Day is the beginning, not the ending of the Christian celebration of Christmas.  Continue reading

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Merry Christmas you Filthy Animal

I am about 8 classes away from the completion of the classroom part of EMT training, making me about 80% of the way done with the classes.  But as of this point, I am 0% of the way done with … Continue reading

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Joy when we need it most

Someone recently told me they decided against having a Christmas party they had been thinking about having.  They said because of some health problems in the family, nobody felt like they had the “Christmas Spirit”.  People get discouraged or depressed … Continue reading

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Steelers receive a $4 Bonus

I read that each of the Pittsburgh Steelers players received a bonus from the Steelers’ owner for winning their division.  It was a $200 bonus.  To put it in perspective, I did the math and figured out what the bonus … Continue reading

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Life goes on until it doesn’t

In the past seven days I did two funerals.  When a death occurs, a family is rocked, friends and acquaintances pause, and the rest of the world goes on like nothing happened.  As the saying goes, “Life goes on”, even … Continue reading

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What if everyone in the church was like you?

Yesterday my wife Diane took some time in worship to share about Operation Christmas Child.  OCC is a project of Samaritan’s Purse.  Shoeboxes are filled with gifts by local churches and sent to warehouses throughout the United States.  In these … Continue reading

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Giving away $50 gift cards

Yesterday Diane and I were blessed to be a part of something amazing.  It was seriously like being on a hidden camera television show.  Someone from our church decided they would like to buy gift cards and give them away … Continue reading

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