Christmas – When time stands still

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Sheer Grace

Posted on December 21, 2021December 21, 2021

Sheer Grace AUDIO

It was early December. Christmas was still over three weeks away. “I need stamps with a Nativity scene, please,” I said to the postal worker I faced through the plexiglass COVID barrier. “We’re sold out of those. I’m sorry,” was her unconvincing apology. I offered that any religious Christmas scene would be fine. It received the same response. I left the building with a sheet of sea otters frolicking in the snow and icy water which was described to me as a Christmas seasonal stamp. I would like to think this shortage was the result of an overwhelming demand for religious stamps that exceeded the abundant supply. Forgive my doubt.

What’s Your Story?

Posted on December 26, 2020December 26, 2020

The Greatest Story Every Told

What’s Your Story? AUDIO

In ancient times, there lived a young man and woman who fell very much in love, married, and longed for a family of their own. Their joy could not be contained when they learned that the young wife was expecting their first child. But alas, the young husband’s grief could not be consoled when his beloved spouse died in childbirth. Still, he gave himself completely to the love, nurturing, and care of their daughter, never remarrying. And though the pain of his sorrow was greatest on that day each year, the celebration of his daughter’s birth knew no limits. The feast, music, gifts, and gathering of friends and relatives assured the young girl that her life was invaluable, and diminished not one iota by the tragedy of her mother’s death on that same day.