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It’s Always Hard to Turn Off the Christmas Music

On December 30, 2022 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

When is it time to stop listening to Christmas music? I just thought of something, and I'll have to think about it for a while. We talk about Christmas being about Jesus coming to earth as a baby, being born in a manger, the shepherds, the star, the wise men, Mary and Joseph. I believe …

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The Christmas Tree is decorated and lighted.

Thoughts on Christmas Morning

On December 25, 2022December 25, 2022 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

I couldn’t sleep last night. What little sleep I got was interrupted by waking, feeling it was surely time to get up. I couldn’t sleep, not because it was Christmas Eve. Although, I remember many Christmas Eves sleep was impossible. I stared into the darkness, dreaming of all the presents I would open the next …

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Several presents, a beautiful tree with lots of bulbs and garlands.

Getting Ready for Christmas

On December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

A huge snowstorm! It’s a snowpocalypse! There hasn’t been a storm like this since the big one in 1978, or 1967, or 1919! The heavens may run completely out of moisture! Snow plows will be of no use! Snow blowers? Don’t make me laugh. Salt? Pllleease! We may not be able to get out until …

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On our Christmas tree, we have several ceramic figures including this angel.

The Joy of Christmas Church

On December 18, 2022 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

When I was a kid, Christmas church was always such a special time. Every year there was a huge live Christmas tree in the foyer with the big old-fashioned colored lightbulbs and tinsel hanging from every branch. It was beautiful. The Sunday before Christmas they passed out little boxes with hard candy I didn't like, …

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The Christmas Power of Believing

On December 12, 2022 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

We're well on our way through our Christmas movie Advent Calendar. We prefer to stay with our own DVD Christmas movies, but we sometimes dip into the ones on endless streaming. All those movie themes are identical. Klein and Gretchen, two kids who can't stand each other grow up, move away, come home, see each …

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Searching for Christmas

On December 10, 2022December 9, 2022 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

I could be wrong, probably am, but don't we spend a lot of time, whether we realize it or not, trying to re-create Christmas feelings from years ago? When you think about Christmas, which one is it? Try it right now. Think about Christmas. Does your mind go to that one perfect Christmas? Maybe when …

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Leonard and Betty

On December 8, 2022December 7, 2022 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

The big truck backed into our yard, and we loaded everything we owned into the trailer for yet another move. I was nervous about our destination as I was taking on the pastorate of a small church with an even smaller congregation. We visited the church a few weeks before. We sang and I gave …

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Giving Thanks – Day 6

On November 7, 2021November 6, 2021 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

I'm thankful for cozy places. I have always loved being cozy. Cozy is warm and comfortable. Cozy is protected and safe. Cozy is a perfect mixture of temperature, color, aroma, sounds, texture, taste, sight, and feelings. Cozy is personal. Cozy to one person might be annoying to someone else. That's their problem. A great example …

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Christmas Is: Delightful!

On January 2, 2021January 16, 2023 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

Delightful is really the only way to describe Christmas. Whether everything happened the way it was supposed to or not, the beautiful holiday came and went, and it was and is delightful. Today, I chose again to not only look closely at the Christmas tree which is still lighting our living room, but to take …

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Christmas Is: Emmanuel

On December 25, 2020January 16, 2023 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men." John 1:1-4 …

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