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When I watch = the crowd in Time Square as they “drop the ball”, it does = remind me of almost everything I did in 2019.   For everyone = who received a book from me at Christmas, just a reminder that they are = due back at the library…

[My friends Wayne and Mary may still be facing challenges = in their relationship] Mary once curtly remarked to me, "You = twist everything I say to your advantage!"I replied, "Wow, thanks for = the compliment!"   Mary suggested I should donate my brain to science after I = die. …

DESPITE OUR EFFORTS to keep Him out, God intrudes. The life of Jesus is bracketed by two = impossibilities: a virgin’s womb and an empty tomb. Jesus entered our = world through a door marked "No Entrance" and left through a = door marked "No Exit."Peter = Larson   CHRISTMAS…

On Monday, a = customer walked into our store looking for Christmas lights. I showed = her our top brand, but wanting to make sure each bulb worked, she asked = me to take them out of the box and plug them in. I did, and each one lit =…

Last Christmas, Grandma was feeling her age and found that = shopping for Christmas gifts had become too difficult. So, she decided = to send checks to everyone instead. In each Christmas card she wrote, = "This year, just buy your own present!" and mailed them = early. She =…

Just as I = began our Christmas Eve service last night, the electricity in the = church failed.   No one could = get the power back on and make the lights work.  It took a while, = but finally the ushers found some candles and placed them around the…

[A = Christmas Story.=A0 Kinda.] One day Caesar = tweeted his followers of which there were many, “Yo! It’s = time to pay your taxes #ObeyMeOrElse”   All over the = world people logged onto Travelocity for the best deals in getting back = to their hometowns.   And Joe…

The Three Wise = Men went to see baby Jesus, and “presented unto Him gifts; gold, = frankincense, and myrrh.” These are simple words, but if we analyze = them carefully, we discover an important, yet often-overlooked, = theological fact: There is no mention of wrapping = paper.   If…

A little girl = was decorating a box with a gold wrapping paper to put it under the = Christmas tree. Money was tight, so the girl‘s father punished her = for wasting almost an entire roll of that expensive = paper.   However, on = Christmas morning the girl…

[Families = gather for the holidays, but sometimes topics of conversation are = ‘touchy’. Here are the final ten ‘ask anytime’ = starters for fun interaction. They joy is, there are no right or wrong = answers]   Can you buy an = entire chess set in a pawn shop?…

[Families = gather for the holidays, but sometimes topics of conversation are = ‘touchy’. Here are the next ten ‘ask anytime’ = starters for fun interaction. They joy is, there are no right or wrong = answers]   Why = doesn’t the fattest man in the world become a hockey…

[Families = gather for the holidays, but sometimes topics of conversation are = ‘touchy’. Here are the next ten ‘ask anytime’ = starters for fun interaction. They joy is, there are no right or wrong = answers]   What happens = if you get a paper cut from a Get…

[Families = gather for the holidays, but sometimes topics of conversation are = ‘touchy’. Here are the next ten ‘ask anytime’ = starters for fun interaction. They joy is, there are no right or wrong = answers]   How come = people say they ate the last piece of gum when…