Melchior, Caspar (or Gaspar), Balthazar. Do these names ring a bell? According to Catholic tradition, they are the three wise guys who visited Jesus at his birth. They are all scholars, saints, and the kings of Persia, India, and Arabia respectively. While the first and the last of these are made completely from someone’s imagination,…
There are two facts I am about to share with you about the Christmas story you might not have known or thought about much. Both of these facts have to do with those mystical beings who do all of the announcing for the incarnation story. Ready? 1) Angels are scary. 2) Angels are tone deaf.…
For the past couple songs, we have talked about gifts. We talked about the gifts we do and should give. We talked about the gifts we desire. Well, it wouldn’t be Christmas without talking about the greatest gift of all. Like I said at the end of yesterday, that gift came wrapped in swaddling cloth…
Not every Christmas is this beautiful fairy tale of candy canes and mistletoe.
Frosty the Snowman. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Santa. The Grinch. George Bailey. Good King Wenceslas. There was a time when I hated all of them. The Christmas Tree, mistletoe, lights, tinsel, the yuletide log. They were all a distraction and I couldn’t stand them. Well, lets be honest, I still hate tinsel. I am…
Sometimes the worst songs are the hardest ones to get out of our heads.
Before you can even begin the veggie challenge, something else needs to happen…
I have a dragon in my garage. No really, I do… really… I’m not lying.
It is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, but it bankrupted an empire to build.
It might be Friday, but…
THE RIVER WALK 