On Christmas Eve at bedtime, my nine-year old daughter Ashtyn decided that she simply MUST camp out in the living room next to the fireplace so that she could catch Santa in the act of coming down the chimney. She NEEDED this proof because she doubted his existence. Which is not shocking to me because […]

One of my FAVORITE things about Christmas time is all the extra LIGHTS. We put them on trees, drape garland down the staircase, around our fireplace mantle, outside, inside… they’re everywhere! My LEAST favorite part about Christmas is when it’s over, and we’re supposed to take down all the beautiful lights. I know the extra […]

Recently, I was shopping at one of my favorite stores when (I guess) someone who worked there realized that I was a pastor of a local church. Apparently, he wanted to prove to me that he was some sort of SUPER CHRISTIAN!!! So he walked into my aisle and randomly announced, “Hey everybody, I think […]

Have you ever had something SO SCARY and SO SHOCKING happen to you, that you suddenly felt like you were in the middle of a movie? That happened to me as I went to pick up my daughter from school on Friday. I was sitting at a red light, when SUDDENLY two guys jump out […]

Have you ever played that game where you roll the dice, and IF you roll a certain number you get a present? Or even better, you get to TAKE a gift from someone else! Somehow, inevitably, one gift is the pretty one, the biggest one or the shiny one. Or one is somehow deemed to […]