I came home late from work last night and found a small package on my front porch. The package was not a surprise. I was expecting it and I knew what I would find inside. I picked up the vintage gray, mottled paper envelope off the ground and carried it inside.
I had [...]
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There’s not much time left until Christmas. It will go by very quickly though. Looking at the Facebook news feed, I get the distinct feeling people are ready for this to be over. People are either extremely tired or they are frantically shopping. Well, maybe they’re just tired of shopping.
It reminds me of what it’s [...]
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Three days until Christmas really means only one more day to get all of my work done. This year we have Christmas eve and Christmas eve, eve services. Yikes! Short blog today? Probably not. ;)
Last night, someone found by blog with the search words ‘why do people choose chaos’. I doubt they found the answer [...]
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A friend of mine had a very interesting question for me yesterday. He asked, “Would you still be blogging everyday if you were married?” My reaction at that moment was yes, probably, but the process might look a little different. I might just be blogging random stories, and would not have made the 25 day [...]
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Whatever. I can’t count! Leave it to me to try and change the birthdate of Jesus. Okay, math has never been my thing. I’m focusing more on the artistic process here, not the time, or time-math. Work with me people. Only one person has been brave enough to point this out, and as soon as [...]
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I want to talk about ghosts, those scary, shadowy phantoms that haunt all of us. The dictionary definition of a ghost is a dead person’s soul, imagined as a vague, shadowy figure. My definition is a bit different. Now maybe I watched too much Casper when I was young, but I think ghosts are typically [...]
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Tick. Tick. Tick.
Only 9 days now.
Tick. Tick.
Christmas will be here soon. I have this gut feeling… I’m forgetting something. What is it? There’s no time to think about it.
Tick.
Time, our most valuable commodity. Time, our best friend and our worst enemy. Time is money. I think the Eagles understand the meaning of time. In their [...]
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Yesterday I was pondering my favorite Bible verse, Romans 12:2. It’s so applicable to the Christmas consumerism and might just be another clue in finding the Christmas spirit. Here is the verse in two popular translations.
NIV – Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person [...]
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I can’t believe it’s only eleven more days until Christmas. There’s still so much to do before then, right? Where is my Christmas to do list… wait. I didn’t make one, nor do I really have many Christmas things to do. Plenty of other busyness, but not as much related to Christmas, with the exception [...]
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