We have been dressing up Nativity-style for years. Wearing bathrobes and sheets was just standard operating procedure here. And the angel always wore a slip on her head. This year while we were dressing up the grand kids, mom had a flash of brilliance. Wait. There’s one thing you should know about this little lady…
The Jesus Gift
“Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more.” I love those famous Grinch words – Christmas IS so much more!
Tips and Tricks: Organizing Group Service
It was definitely a case of the more, the merrier this holiday season, when 25+ families joined efforts to fill more than 370 stockings for Utah Juvenile Justice Services. These bulging Christmas socks are likely the only gift most youth in the care of JJS will receive this holiday season. This project began with a…
Missionary Mail: Christmas Poem
Seven Christmases ago, I was missing a bubbly, blonde sister missionary in California. Her mission president’s wife asked each family to write a Christmas letter to their missionary. Thus, the Christmas Missionary Poem was born. This year I am missing a handsome, big-hearted Elder in Hungary. He too will receive a Christmas missionary letter with…
Missionary Mail: Christmas Tree
‘Twas the month of December when all through the mission, Elders and Sisters were baptism-wishin…. Yes, it’s almost December and time to trim the missionary tree. I knew my son wouldn’t go for baubles and bows, so I sent him a tiny simple tree with titles of Christ to hang from the branches. I found…
What You Need In Your Car This Winter
It was a sunny November morning years back when Trisha and I drove to a medical appointment an hour north of home. By mid afternoon we found ourselves in blizzard conditions with one water bottle and one granola bar. That’s it. Traffic had completely stopped. We couldn’t see anything beyond the hood of the car,…
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