Once upon a time there lived a widow who had a son called Peter. He was a strong and able boy, but he did not enjoy going to school and he was forever daydreaming.   “Peter, what are you dreaming about this time?” his teacher would often ask him.   […]

This was my grandmother’s first Christmas without grandfather, and we had promised him before he passed away that we would make this her best Christmas ever. When my mom, dad, three sisters and I arrived at her little house in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, we found she […]

A man named Bob May, depressed and brokenhearted, stared out his drafty apartment window into the chilling December night.   His 4-year-old daughter Barbara sat on his lap quietly sobbing. Bob’s wife, Evelyn, was dying of cancer. Little Barbara couldn’t understand why her mommy could never come home. Barbara looked up […]

The great comedian, entertainer and all around human being, Bob Hope, once said, “When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things – not the great occasions – give off the greatest glow of happiness.” The following story written by Doyle Suit epitomizes that thought. I discovered […]

With Christmas just three weeks away, I would like to spend the next three Fridays sharing verses and tales of the season, much like I did in the prelude to Thanksgiving. The objective of this endeavor is to stoke within our hearts the warm fires of the true spirit of […]