Merry Christmas!

I had two experiences this week that reminded me of why Christmas matters.  When you read these two stories you may not see what their connection to Christmas is. It didn’t strike me until later how the Christmas story and my experiences are related.  A sixteen-year-old in our community was killed recently in an auto…

Song of the Bluebirds

I was awakened early one morning recently by rustling sounds coming from the living room.  Uh Oh.  I immediately knew the source of the sound and I cringed.  A couple of years ago we had heard the same sound.  It turned out to be a bird stuck in the woodstove chimney pipe.  That bird had…