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In our family there are many stories and memories  about Christmases past.   With my father now gone, I  remember these treasured tales with the start of every holiday season. Born just three months before the stock market’s  great crash in 1929, my father spent his early years on a northern ...

No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13   Christmas is that time of year when we extend our hearts to the less fortunate in our communities, often helping strangers in tangible and loving ways. It is also a time ...

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. John 10:16 The bringing in of the sheep (God’s elect) into the sheep pen (the church) is why on one silent and holy night ...

He was called the “Clown Prince” of basketball. People of the older generation who went to see the Harlem Globetrotters play were constantly entertained by him. Meadowlark Lemon passed away on December 27, 2015. He was 83. At 11 years old Meadow (his birth name) was inspired by a team ...

You know, every year I am determined not to let Christmas be commercial.  I am constantly striving to keep the fun and the meaning intact. I long to  protect the magic of childhood and the miracle of His birth. A noble venture … at which I usually fail. Today is ...