Growing up we called it the “Mennonite game.” Within a short span of meeting someone new, we somehow managed to find a connecting relative within a massive tangle of roots. When one of our daughters was in college, she spent some months in Africa where a simple greeting turned into a rather long and involved […]
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An angel appeared. A virgin conceived. Thousands of miles away a ruler declared a census. Like a drum roll of Sovereign timing and unstoppable happenings, the wheels of prophecy turned. With purpose. Sudden. Dramatic. And uprooting. The virgin, blessed and chosen was destined for a sword to pierce her soul. The King of Christmas was […]
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Every year for the last five years my three youngest grandchildren have come to our house in December for Starry Night. The idea birthed in 2020 when the “Christmas Star” appeared. It was the first time in nearly 800 years two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, aligned. We turned it into a bit of an outdoor […]
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