If you are new to my blog, I make this argument annually. An editor once told me that this story seems kind of nasty. But, I’m sticking with it. I think the Grinch should have stayed in his cave and…
For those doing “chores” on Christmas Eve
If you’re on the schedule to be doing working this Christmas Eve, I can relate. In my growing up corner of Iowa, barely out of Missouri, and a half our west of the Mississippi, we did farm work, what farmers…
One of the best literary introductions to Christmas . . . and one of the best conclusions
The inimitable Dickens in A Christmas Carol: Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed…
The Glory of Grandma Sharon (and my children’s joy)
During the Christmas season, my mother aims for “grandmotherly glory.” Without apology, she wants to display that she is the supreme grandmother in her home. She intends that all people in Greater Keosauqua, Iowa (my hometown) will see that she…
Mark’s Gospel “immediately” challenges readers to open the Christmas gift
Last Sunday, we considered Mark’s Christmas story. Mark wants to make sure you don’t forget to unwrap the present on Christmas morning. Christmas programs tend to focus on the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. In Matthew, we find angels, Herod,…
Dreaming of a “White Christmas”?
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD: “though your sins are like scarlet they shall be as white as snow, though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool . . .” (Isaiah 1:18) Ben (12)…
Read Huckabee’s interview with CT if only to hear why he thinks we could do a better job preaching the Christmas story. . .
Mike Huckabee wants pastors to be more graphic about Christmas. The former Southern Baptist pastor says that the church has sanitized the holiday and should tell it like it happened. The former governor of Arkansas recently finished his 64-city book…
In which I continue to maintain that the Grinch sold out . . .
You really ought to read Doug Wolter’s interaction with the Grinch (HT: Z) – – He has some valuable insights about the Grinch. This would be a nice Christmas reflection for your family. However, in a “grinchier” attitude, I stand…
A Christmas Miracle You May Not Have Considered
Luther said that one of the greatest Christmas miracles was that Mary believed the angel that she would be the mother of the Messiah. Likewise, Luther, adds that we must also believe that Christ has been given to us. This…
Time to Get in the Christmas Spirit Via the 80’s
HT: Metropuritan Mark