from my house to your house! All the way from my snowy front yard to my sunny one! After 11 inches of snow in SD- To lots of sun in AZ. Remember the reason for the season — the Christmas Story can be found in Luke 2. In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree …
Tag: Christmas
Christmas: An Unexpected Gift
This is often the way God loves us: with gifts we thought we didn't need, which transform us into people we don't necessarily want to be. We assume religion is about giving a little of our power. Then this stranger comes to us, blesses us with a gift, and calls us to see ourselves as …
The Christmas Story, from The Message
Luke 2 (From The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language / Eugene Peterson / 2002.) The Birth of Jesus About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be …
Chicago’s Walnut Room – 2012
Macy's Walnut Room is sparkling ready for your annual family gathering around the tree. They've even rolled out the red carpet for you... and created a store-wide festive atmosphere. There was no line today at the Walnut Room. Wait a few days and you'll be waiting a few hours in line. My first year downtown, …
An Update on Skipping Sugar
Well. A few of you have held me accountable this past week by asking how the no sugar deal is going. Fine, thank you! Marv is loving every piece of the pie he bought last week, and he doesn't have to worry about me inhaling every sweet he brought home from his office Christmas party. …
Lose Weight Over Christmas?
Walking past a Fannie May shop this morning, I remembered those days when Pixies™, eggnog creams, and chocolate covered cherries covered the counters of nurses’ stations at Christmas. So, I want to challenge you, especially nurses, to skip the candy, in fact, to skip sugar altogether, over the holidays. But, you say, there are too …
Christmas Eve Day Greetings
To my blog subscribers and other readers, I wish you a blessed Christmas. Some suggestions: 1. Take time to think of what the holiday is really about. 2. Quiet down and make a list of things for which you are thankful. 3. Take out the list during the year when you realize you are in …
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