If you asked me to rank my favorite Church holidays, last week’s Feast of Epiphany would be toward the top of my list. Part of my love for Epiphany is its excuse to keep the holiday lights burning just a little longer. The VanderVelden household has never been too quick to take down the ChristmasContinue reading “He Drew the Line”
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A Rejoicing Heart
To celebrate my 40th birthday, Julie and I did what we always do to mark such occasions: enjoying a nice meal at a cozy supper club. With our little Mary (at the time our only child) left behind in the good care of a trusted babysitter, “me and the missus” were jazzed to be footlooseContinue reading “A Rejoicing Heart”
God’s Ideas
So often have we heard the Christmastime story about the coming of the Wise Men – and sung the time-honored carols about their intrepid following of a yonder star – that probably some can recite by heart the details of the Magi’s bold voyage across field and fountain, moor and mountain. But what we thinkContinue reading “God’s Ideas”
A New Broom Sweeps Clean
What I’m about to share with you will make a finicky housekeeper cringe. Our living room and foyer still harbor pockets of Christmas mess: Small piles of gifts and stocking-stuffers sorted neatly by recipient; cardboard and packaging destined for recycling; a cast-aside instruction manual sternly forbidding “use of this appliance in a bathtub or otherContinue reading “A New Broom Sweeps Clean”