There is such joy in giving. I had just a taste of it when I was young. When I was about fourteen years old I made fifteen dollars a week delivering the Dayton Journal Herald Monday through Saturday morning. In my neighborhood was a small store with bikes and toys and hardware called Western Auto. […]
Larry Whiteford
I was raised in a family of modest means, but I have very happy memories of every single Christmas growing up. Mom and Dad made things nice. There were always decorations, treats, gifts, and wherever my mom is there is music. The music in our home was Christ-exalting music year ’round with no exceptions, but […]
SNOWY DAY
I worked security last night. I could tell on the monitors it was snowing through the night. When I finished my shift I went to sleep for a few hours. When I woke Lois was excited because the snow was falling. She announced that it was the perfect day to get our tree. I agreed. […]
Christmas Things You Do All Year
A couple days after Christmas I noticed one fella’ tossed his tree, lights and all in the dumpster. Sometimes it’s a little hard to adjust to life after Christmas. The day after Christmas… lights and all…
Christmas Provision
Lois and I were married in September. By July we were living in Celina, Ohio and I was pastoring a little country church they called Beaver Chapel. We celebrated our first wedding anniversary there in our neat little white parsonage across Swamp Road from the church. That is where we would celebrate our second Christmas. […]
What Are You Looking For?
One blustery winter day a few years ago Lois and I were purring along in our car. We were listening to Christmas music on our way to do some shopping. It was a few days before Christmas. We were thinking about how good God had been to us. We were in good health. We had […]