Chelsea got a note from one of the first graders in her Christmas program today. Here it is, with the author's spelling intact: "Dear Chelsea Walker, You know me well. I loved being the moon (in the Christmas program). I'm going to be baptised. P.S. could you baptised me?" Lump in Dad's throat. Continue

Don Miller ("Blue Like Jazz") says we should hit rewind. He's very good. Continue

Are you a New Year's resolution maker? I am, of a sort. Like a lot of you, I see the calendar turn as a chance to reevaluate, plan ahead and so on. But today, I found myself doing more thinking back - thinking about what we could not have known when ... Continue

It was always pretty much the same ... and in my memory, always pretty wonderful. My dad was a Christmas Eve baby. Growing up, I always felt sorry that he had to wait so long without presents - then get everything in a two-day gift-a-palooza. Plus, he grew up during the ... Continue

I was listening to the pre-Christmas story - and the speaker asked a stirring question: Who says things like this? "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word." (Luke 1:38, KJV) Or from The Message paraphrase: "I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be ... Continue