If there is one thing Christmas teaches me, it is this: God keeps his promises.

If you love a good story, Christmas is the time for you. 

What does Jesus look like? Phillip Yancey struck a cord with me in his book The Jesus I Never Knew. In it he noted how people hang different portraits of Jesus in the gallery of their minds.

Maybe I should have been a doctor! Five of our six children have made their way to the emergency room or doctor’s office for stitches. Most have gone bravely, but two—David and Zachary—were very reluctant patients.

The most painful year of my life was 1993.

You can’t take it with you, but King Tut tried.