Monthly Archive

Christmas is the time of the year for some marvelous traditions, and it seems as though each area has its own. The ghosts of many Christmases past haunt us today. One church I pastored some years ago... read more..

Sunday greetings everyone. Mandatory mask wearing and a 50% attendance capacity restriction have returned for churches in our province. I really appreciate what my pastor wrote to our church family a... read more..

Remember back when we were kids and every time it was below zero outside they closed school? Yeah, me neither.... read more..

The 'No Vacancy' signs over all the motels in Bethlehem were for your sake. "For your sake he became poor." (2 Corinthians 8:9) - John Piper... read more..

'T'was the night before Christmasand all through the townNot a sign of Baby Jesuswas anywhere to be found. The people were all busywith Christmas time choresLike decorating, and baking,and shopping i read more..

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through each state,Coast Guard families were starting to celebrate.Just then from the White House came an urgent call,A crisis had arisen that would affect one read more..

"Biscuits and sermons both improve with shortening." read more..

Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the Federal Aviation Administration, and the FAA examiner arrived last week for the pre-Christmas flight check. In preparation, Santa had the el... read more..

Oh look, Chicken Thursday! Thanks to Cybersaltine, G. L. White who sent me this cartoon back in April (I'm catching up on my emails!) and huge thanks to Jonny Hawkins, the cartoonist who drew it. H... read more..

Senility has been a smooth transition for me.... read more..

"Because it is short, life is packed with challenging possibilities. Because it is uncertain, it's filled with challenging adjustments. I'm convinced that's much of what Jesus meant when he promised u read more..

About five years ago I played Santa in a local mall. A working friend had this happen to him. A young girl sat on his lap and the usual conversation transpired, until finally he asked her what she wo... read more..

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late... read more..

"The Insomniac" by Eliza Wake read more..

Sunday greetings everyone. Three weeks from today is Boxing Day, which is known in many parts of the world as "the day after Christmas." Wow - time is flying! In the coming weeks, many of you w... read more..

"Winter is a season of recovery and preparation." - Paul Theroux read more..

I ate salad for dinner ... mostly croutons and tomatoes... really just one big round crouton covered with tomato sauce, and cheese ... FINE, it was a pizza.... OK, I ate a pizza!  Are you happy n... read more..

More than five million Americans are overweight. These, of course, are round figures.... read more..

Planning a Christmas weekend of entertaining guests, I made a list of things I needed to do, including taking food out of the freezer and grocery shopping. As it happened, a friend whom I had been pr... read more..

In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their "flying machine" off the ground. Thrilled, they telegraphed this message to their sister Katherine: "We ha... read more..

Right before the clock strikes midnight on December 31, make sure you raise your left leg. that way you will start the year off on the right foot!... read more..

Oh look, Chicken Thursday! There were no grammatical errors in last Thursday's post. I actually had Grandma Cybersalt proofread it before sending it. I am not surprised at the successful effect ... read more..

I will never help anyone again......EVER! I'm too kindhearted, or I'm too naive.... Yesterday it was so cold out that we took a man into our home out of the kindness of our hearts. We felt so sorry f... read more..

"The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler than his fellow who enjoys the fixed smile of the tropics." – Ralph Waldo Emerson read more..

'Twas the night before finals,And all through the college,The students were prayingFor last minute knowledge. Most were quite sleepy,But none touched their beds,While visions of essaysDanced in their read more..

When you think about it, it's the worst possible place for her to sell seashells.... read more..

I heard that the New Orleans football team has a new sponsor, "I Can't Believe It's not Butter." Their theme song will be, "Oh When the Saints Go Margarine." - Gary Hallock... read more..

In high school I was always self-conscious about my height. Once, a lifeguard asked me out. I had never stood next to him and didn't know how tall he was, so the night of the date I took out two pair... read more..

Stressing the importance of a good vocabulary, the teacher told her young charges, "Use a word ten times, and it shall be yours for life." From somewhere in the back of the room, came a small male vo... read more..

"We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them read more..