santa claus…

Like so many American parents, I dutifully taught my children all about the wonders of this mysteriously person called “Santa Claus. Each Christmas, about a week prior, they became the children every parent wanted. Polite, non-demanding, bed-making, toy-cleaning-uppers. We went to the malls for the kids to tell “Santa Claus” what they wanted for Christmas.… Continue reading santa claus…

absence…

We’ve all heard the saying, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder. But rarely do we apply it to the world around us. Instead, we decry that evil abounds everywhere, and we renounce the idea that there is anything loving about a God that allows such things to exist. But what if this idea is turned… Continue reading absence…