A LIMERICK FOR 2021
“There once was a year named TwentyWith illness and strife a-plentyWe tried to stay saneBut it was our baneA horrible year for so many. May Twenty-One come like a doveBringing peace, joyRead More…
SEE AMID THE WINTER’S SNOW
Sacred infant, all divine,What a tender love was thine,Thus to come from highest blissDown to such a world as this. I think the core message of Christmas is the Christ Child’s unconditionalRead More…
THE WEXFORD CAROL
Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss – The Wexford Carol (Video) – Bing video “Within a manger he was laidAnd by his side the virgin maidAttending on the Lord of lifeWho came on earthRead More…
I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Casting Crowns – I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Lyrics) – YouTube I can’t get this song out of my head, but I don’t want to. It’s about eventual peace…and IRead More…
THE DREAM ISAIAH SAW
Between now and Christmas, I’ll be musing on a particular Christmas carol/song each week. So…here’s a powerful one. It’s called “The Dream Isaiah Saw” and is based on Isaiah 11:6-9, the “peaceableRead More…
26Nov/20
THANKSGIVING ROSES
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr once said this. “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” I came across that quote a few days ago andRead More…
ALL SHALL BE WELL
So here we are. The election is past. Vaccines are suddenly on the near horizon. Recovery is in sight. I feel we’ve been given an opportunity to “find the peace once lost”Read More…
12Nov/20
LETTERS
The Screwtape Letters is a novel by C. S. Lewis, dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien. Published in 1942, the story takes the form of a series of letters from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew Wormwood, aRead More…
10Nov/20
THE PATH
THE PATH I’m writing this two days after the election, before the results have come in. At first I thought I would pass on blogging today, with everything so up in theRead More…
REMEMBER UNITY?
Think back several years. A wall between Mexico and the US wasn’t even on our radar. 90% of our students went to public schools, mixtures of races and religions. We could putRead More…