In the few days of our empty lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? And who can tell what will happen in the future after we are gone?” –Ecclesiastes 6:12 (NLT) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * McBride made his train…
Echoes From the Campfire
Late on a sleepy, star-spangled night, those angels peeled back the sky just like you would tear open a sparkling Christmas present. Then, with light and joy pouring out of Heaven like water through a broken dam, they began to shout and sing the message that baby Jesus had been born. The world had a…
Coffee Percs
The good smell of them [pancakes] mixed with the good smells of fried salt pork and boiling coffee.” –Laura Ingalls Wilder (The Long Winter) Mornin’ to yuh, Pard. Yep, coffee’s ready and waitin’ for yuh. Been expectin’ yuh to show up. Goin’ to be…
Echoes From the Campfire
This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.” –Frank McKibben “And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and…