Return of the Hobbies

Starting when I was about 10, I went through a series of hobbies.  I imagine a lot of boys do this.
For a while, I was into coin collecting, and I spent all of my allowance and lawn mowing money adding to my collection.  I even went to the banks, and traded in my dollars for [...]

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Was Jesus Born on December 25?

Many people will say that December 25 (or January 6, if you are Eastern Orthodox) is a made-up date for Jesus’ birthday. They will say that Christians chose the day, not because it was Jesus birthday, but because it was the same time as Saturnalia. The idea is that Christians picked the date [...]

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Christmas Messages: Huckabee vs. Clinton

Here are two Holiday messages from political candidates that have raised some eyebrows.

Mike Huckabee’s ad is above. It is brilliant on a few levels. First of all, it is plainly, though not obnoxiously Christian, which is what you should expect from a former Baptist pastor. There is no [...]

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The Amazing Mrs. Ruth Smythers

Some of my readers have read “Feminine Appeal“, by Carolyn Mahaney. An article written in 1894 by Mrs. Ruth Smythers, a clergyman’s wife (more precisely, the “beloved wife of The Reverend L.D. Smythers, Pastor of the Arcadian Methodist Church of the Eastern Regional Conference”), is quoted disapprovingly in Chapter 5 (p.72ff) of this book.
Her [...]

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How People Find Me

After several months of blogging, it is interesting to look at what searches people do to find my blog.  Here are some of them:
Boyfriends – This is a subject I try to avoid talking about.  Ever.  Now that my oldest is 17, I won’t be able to avoid this subject much longer.  Prospective boyfriends will need to [...]

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Guerrilla Christmas Caroling

The events I am describing happened over twenty years ago.  I’m not saying what I did over twenty years ago was right or wrong.  We report, you decide.
One Christmas Eve a long time ago I found myself in a church (that shall remain nameless) where I should not have been.   I say that because much of the [...]

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A Small World

When I was 9, we moved from the Pittsburgh area down to Severna Park, Maryland.  (Wow, I had no idea that it would have a Wikipedia article about it, or that Pat Sajak has a home there.) Though I was a shy kid, I pretty quickly got to know a few of the neighborhood boys.  [...]

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Pumpkins, Driving, and Advent

1.  Let’s suppose you were too lazy to carve your Halloween pumpkins, and now you have two very nice uncarved pumpkins in your house.  What would you do with them?  Would winter squash recipes work well?  The wife says no to making 20 pounds of pumpkin pie filling from scratch.  (These are 15-20 pound halloween [...]

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On the Bookshelf

I am now reading The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis, to Christopher.  This is the last book in the Chronicles of Narnia series.  It is also my least favorite, as it displays 3 aspects of C.S. Lewis’s beliefs which I think are wrong to varying degrees.
I am reading The Fellowship of the Ring  , by [...]

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