Dec 25, 2025 – Bethlehem
Yesterday afternoon as I was tying up all of the loose ends of wrapping and meal prep and cleaning, “The Santa Claus 2” was on TV. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve...
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Dec 24, 2025 – Giving Big
Don sold one of his (NINE) tubas yesterday afternoon. Not the one in the photo though. That’s the one he plays in Tuba Christmas every year. (If you’ve never been to Tuba Christmas, you...
Dec 23, 2025 – Appreciate
We had a family holiday gathering last night. It was so much fun that we didn’t even mind straightening up the debris this morning. One thing I always enjoy, which I’m guessing will sound...
Dec 22, 2025 – Hot or Cold
In his sermon yesterday, Pastor Mark Pettus (Church of the Highlands) used a car analogy which really spoke to me that I guess I’ve never thought of in relation to faith. I don’t have...
Dec 21, 2025 – Expect Miracles
Streams – Cowman quotes J. R. Miller in today’s devotion, “Every difficult stretch of road on which you see the Master’s footprints and along which He calls you to follow Him leads unquestionably to...
Dec 20, 2025 – Tuned In
While at physical therapy yesterday, face down on my table doing my best to lift my arm in a backwards motion, I heard my therapist at another table telling that person about his daughter...
Dec 19, 2025 – Fleeting
My email inbox is waaaay overcrowded with junk mail, so much so that I often miss valid and important messages; so, yesterday, I skimmed through several days of emails. I came across something I...
Dec 18, 2025 – Great Ideas
Power – “God wants to amaze the world, and one of the ways He does so is by accomplishing great things through people who are weak and don’t have the natural ability to complete...
Dec 17, 2025 – Ifs and Whys
Power – Joyce writes, “God doesn’t want us to be angry with ourselves because we have weaknesses. When we stop worrying and cast our cares upon Him (see 1 Peter 5:7), His strength will...
Dec 16, 2025 – Center
In his sermon on Sunday, Pastor Chris Hodges spoke about what we center on in the manger and how it relates to the way we live our lives and what we focus on. Summarizing...