I once visited a weaver’s school where the students were making beautiful patterns. I asked, “When you make a mistake must you cut it out and start from the beginning?” A student said, “No, our teacher is such a great artist that when we make a mistake, he uses it to improve the beauty of […]
Post-Christmas Emotional Inventory
It is the 28th of December and I’ve just stepped into my study. I’m hanging my new 2012 calendars today, but my heart is tender when my eye falls on the page that was December. Never before have I had such sweet sadness after Christmas. Maybe it’s that a couple of our children now live […]
The Windward Shore-Jerry Dennis
Christmas Day my daughter Hannah added a treasure to my library. Jerry Dennis has written another wonderful new book. This one is about the Great Lakes in winter. It is called “The Windward Shore.” Jerry is a skilled writer who lives in Northern Michigan. If you love good writing and nature and Michigan you will […]
O Beautiful Star Video and Christmas Message
Before the message Hope sang “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” and Holly and I sang back-up. Here is a little amateur video of it. This is the final message in my Christmas Series for 2011. This message was preached at Evangel Baptist Church in Taylor, Michigan on Christmas Morning 2011. During the message I tell a […]
Planning Ahead
A Classic re-post from 2001 We went on our annual Christmas tree excursion Saturday. If you don’t have beautiful fluffy white snow blanketing the brown earth, bright sunshine on a cold winter day is the next best weather for getting the tree. We stopped for donuts and cappuccino. On the way we sang a few […]
The Baby Creator
Look on the sweet baby Jesus in the tiny infant form he took upon himself the night of his incarnation. Now step out into the cold Judean night. There no city lights obscure the grandeur of the heavens. The winter night is clear and cold and quiet. You can hear noises echoing through the mountains. […]
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