The Big Cheese

The Big Cheese

As I prepare for Christmas this year, I’ve realized that my children are now just old enough to begin creating Christmas memories that they’ll actually remember.  I think my earliest Christmas memory was of a cardboard Christmas tree, more like a Christmas cone with blue sparkles on it and holes punched in it.  When you […]

Carol Of Good King Wenceslas

Carol Of Good King Wenceslas

What’s your favorite Christmas carol?  Silent Night?  Angels We Have Heard on High?  Joy to The World?  Those are probably the most popular and the ones we know the best.  But this wonderful little book, Come Let Us Adore Him, by Robert J. Morgan, has introduced me to some beautiful, lesser-known carols.  And it shares […]

The Ones We Miss At Christmas

The Ones We Miss At Christmas

By this time in my life, Christmas has moved from completely magical to a little bittersweet.  Putting aside for just a moment, the true joy of the season, the message of God’s love and his promise-fulfilling gift of a Messiah, the actual Christmas season can be a hard time when you are missing the very […]

Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth

As usual, a lot will be said this Christmas season about peace on earth.  There will be a lot of discussion on news channels and talk shows and websites about peace and what it means and how to achieve it. And I’m afraid, there will always be those cynics who will use the absence of […]

Oh Holy Night – Part 2

Oh Holy Night – Part 2

When I was sixteen, I was finally allowed to spend Christmas Eve the way I had always wanted to.  With my parents.  You see, every year on Christmas Eve, I stayed home with a babysitter while my parents were out doing something that I will always be proud of.  For thirty years, long before I […]

Oh Holy Night – Part 1

Oh Holy Night – Part 1

For over thirty years, my father directed a tiny little choir of professional singers who only sang together one night a year.  It consisted of eight local Denver soloists who walked up and down the halls of Denver hospitals on Christmas Eve and sang Christmas carols to the patients who were too sick to go […]

The Altar at the Manger

The Altar at the Manger

Every Christmas growing up, my family and I would make a little altar on Christmas Eve and hold a short midnight service together before going to bed.  The altar was really just a red tablecloth over the coffee table with some candles, some evergreen boughs, and a Bible.  We’d sing carols and take turns reading […]

Will You Be Home For Christmas?

Will You Be Home For Christmas?

One of our family’s favorite movies are actually TWO movies, Father of the Bride One and Two starring Steve Martin.  There’s a scene in the second film that never fails to choke me up – Steve Martin is playing one last game of one-on-one in the backyard with his all grown-up and married daughter before […]

The Gift that Keeps on Giving!

The Gift that Keeps on Giving!

Jesus was the first Christmas present. And the best one to re-gift, I guess! Merry Christmas! Love, Martha

How Long Should a College Essay Be?

How Long Should a College Essay Be?

Writing a college essay can be challenging, especially when it comes to sharing personal information in a formal setting. While professional essay writers claim that writing about oneself and personal experiences is easier than other types of essays, many students struggle with this task, particularly when it involves a college application. The Importance of Personal […]