The Journey

I love Christmas. I do. I know, it's not hip to admit such a thing. But there it is. Why: 10. Because last year, my cranky, 78 year o...

Do we, as culture, still know what sacrifice means? In the case of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, it meant walking everywhere ... from December...

We all know that the leftovers are better than the actual dinner, right? And now, with the "invention" in our house of the Thanks...

That, right now, my heart doesn't have a hole that will never heal. That, right now, not only can I pretend to be normal, I can actually...

I'm not going to repeat the instructions for Obsessive Turkey , you can just go look at it. But here's some of the recipes for the ...

I think that if we want to preach to the people who aren't already planning on simplifying Christmas, we need to stop titling sermons w...

Last week, I wrote about what happened in my Christian Ethics class, but I didn't include the personal back story. Which has grown and...

My mother, my sister, and I make up a boomer sandwich. Meaning, my mother is WWII Generation, my sister (16 years my senior) is Boomer Gener...

Ohhhh ... it is so good to come home and wander into the warm room that is uupdates . Do you know, I actually felt hugged, even though no...

Oh by gosh, by golly. They've already started the Christmas commercials. Time for a replay of a poem I wrote last year: How the Grinch...

Time for some catching-up ... The Party was terrif. This was actually our 13th Halloween party. And no, I don't think 13 is unlucky. ...

Hey, you Yanks -- help me out. I live in a land of no chestnut vendors. We're doing a holiday festival and I've found a vendor of f...

I think it's quite funny that many Christian churches are foregoing trick or treating -- a tradition that owes more to the 1950s-era sub...

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Monday morning, I was dropping my son off at school when I noticed my gasoline was getting low. I wanted to just go home, but I have class ...

I think it was Peacebang, or maybe it was someone quoting PB. In any case, whomever you are, thank you. I preached this Sunday (all about ...

We have used an exterminator on a regular basis since moving to this house, surrounded by towering pine trees, which bring with them great b...

I was already thinking about UU evangelism and the article about Quillen Shinn reminded me of a question: Have any modern UU's -- minis...

If you're a parent and you've never watched Parenthood ... I'm sorry, we have to revoke your license. If you ever want to be a ...

... she said somberly. LW and I are outside playing in the back yard for the first time in about 6 months. We finally got a cool front and ...