Underrated Christmas Films:Scrooge (1970)/Albert Finney

Scrooge, the 1970 film starring Albert Finney is a musical version of Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol.” The link to Dickens you might have guessed by the name. If you and your kids sing show tunes–if you haven’t heard “Let it Go” enough, you’ll like this musical. There have been dozens of versions of this […]

Underrated Christmas Films: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

On Sunday my son and daughter-in-law came to visit. At the time, I was watching “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe,” the Disney version of the C.S. Lewis Novel. This film is a great example of exactly what C.S. Lewis intended to do with the story–spread the gospel without you even knowing you were […]

Lights

Lights were a big theme in my marriage to Sam. Yesterday I took the lights in our room down. It made me emotional and moody the entire day. I tried to explain why to a friend, but Sam said it better: Is this not a reason for tears if I shed them? Whether for joy, […]

Nativity Set – Fine Art in Paper

I’ve seen some really great paper Nativity sets, but they weren’t ‘my’ style. I wanted to try my hand at one and this is what I came up with:NATIVITY SET IN PAPER I like it because it doubles as a greeting card/ gift. I hope you enjoy it too.

What A Christmas Story Teaches Us About American Values

Christmas is a time when the entire world cannot escape Christian values of some sort. Many–including non-believers–are concerned at the declining values a culture saturated by commercialism seems to indicate. Some of us even find ourselves caught up in it. We go to the store, fully intending to buy a Christmas gift for someone else, […]