The mocking and laughter ensued after Pip, a small red bird, had attempted to fly to a branch in the tree but instead crash landed on the ground. The other birds kept telling Pip that birds simply do not fly. You see, on this particular island, all the birds lived on the ground where they laid around and relaxed eating the rotten…
Decorating for Advent and Christmas took on a new meaning for me this year. This past year we adopted a baby and he has just turned one. This is his first Christmas with us, and I want it to be a special time in his life as well as a period of growth as a person. Conversations that once did not apply to…
During one of our college ministry worship services, one of the college leaders led the group in a communion service. Evidently, she had just finished a study on Thich Nhat Hahn, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. She asked me if it was acceptable to use some of his writings and teachings while reflecting on the communion table. After we chatted a bit, I…
Have you ever gotten a song stuck in your head for no apparent reason? Songs get stuck in my head usually after I have heard them on the radio, in a movie, or background noise somewhere. However, lately, I have been thinking about a Christmas song, called Mary Did You Know. In this song, the song ponders if Mary the mother of…