“Honey, could you please bring in some more chairs?” Our Christmas gatherings would be complete failures if all of the people that we love did not each have a chair to sit down on. Our most beloved and frequently used chairs come from our dining room. We have a lovely set of maple Hitchcock Chairs more »
For the fourth Sunday of Advent, the theme traditionally is Love. While it is easier to find Christmas carols for the other Sundays of Advent, namely Hope, Peace and Joy; there just are not that many Christmas carols that speak about God’s love. So I decided to write some new lyrics to an old tune. more »
On Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 at 2:50 am, EST, something interesting happened. The sun crossed an imaginary line above the earth’s equator. And for a single moment, the earth was neither tilted away or toward the sun by 23.5 degrees. It was perpendicular to the sun. While we all probably missed it because we more »
It is that time of year again, when our kids are fortunate to get to go back to school. You can’t miss it. The stores have set up huge displays of school supplies: pushpins and pencils, post-it notes and pens. Our college students have packed up all of their “most essential” items and are now more »
Do you like rainy days? Typically, we humans consider rain a sad event. We may use the phrase, “Raining on your parade”, or we talk about events being washed out. All of us have made plans to go camping or to have a picnic, only to be met with disappointment as rain or thunderstorms sweep more »
The Weaver by Benjamin Malacia FranklinMy life is just a weavingBetween my Lord and me.I cannot change the colorFor He works most steadily. Oft times He weaves the sorrowAnd I in foolish pride;Forget He sees the upperAnd I, the underside. Until the loom is silentAnd the shuttle cease to fly,Will God roll back the canvasAnd more »
As April 15 th looms near on our calendars, many of us are stillsearching for our relevant documents, adding and subtracting oncalculators and working hard to submit our tax forms from the federalgovernment and the State of Michigan before the deadline. This annualritual is a time for both the joy of our tax refunds and more »
“All who draw a gun will die by a gun.”
What have you been doing this winter? We may imagine ourselves curling up in soft and warm fleece blankets with our feet tucked into a pair of cozy red and black plaid slippers. In our hands would be an aromatic cup of tea or a delicious cup of hot chocolate perhaps overflowing with whipped cream more »
Bigger, better, stronger, faster! The holiday spending season is upon us and stores are using every minute to promote the latest and greatest gadgets and gifts. Everywhere you look, you can find huge televisions with curved screens with quantum digital processing, phones with multiple cameras and a telephoto lenses, super cool laptops and virtual reality more »
