"Coming through airports
this week it struck me how kind everyone was, ticket agents, TSA people, cab
starters, and then light dawned: it’s Christmas. Charles Dickens had a big
impact on the world and so did Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart, not to mention St.
Luke. I stood in a long winding line in LaGuardia and sensed no impatience; the
TSA guy even smiled and asked how I was. And when I lost my ticket in Atlanta,
I walked to Gate T7 and asked an agent and she made me a new one, no problem....And so we Christians needn’t feel sheepish about the shepherds
and angels. The day is a lavish gift, even if it comes with some wretched
songs, the one about the rum-pum-pum-pum for one and others involving bells
jingling that make you want to sue the radio stations. The beauty of the day is
its story, however one chooses to read it.
It all happened back in zero A.D.
Two folks in trouble due to pregnancy.
She lay him in the manger
And she wanted to lie down
But shepherds and wise men
Gathered around.
Two folks in trouble due to pregnancy.
She lay him in the manger
And she wanted to lie down
But shepherds and wise men
Gathered around.
A few slices of bread
Would’ve pleased her
But they only brought spices,
Frankincense and myrrh.
Would’ve pleased her
But they only brought spices,
Frankincense and myrrh.
They stood around singing,
These clueless men.
She thought, I’m never gonna do
Another virgin birth again.
Skip the adoring, be astute.
Bring some chocolate and a basket of fruit."
He also once wrote "The Wise Men's gifts...myrrh...that's a hot dish made with Creamette Noodles, which is how we know the Wise Men were Lutheran."
Could it be that we're too uptight and a little humor would be good for us?. Humor did not abandon me in the land of grief and I'm both grateful and reassured that I'm still intact. Changed, of course, yet the core remains and much improved from Joanne's influence.
Takk for alt
Al
PS "When I strike the open plains, something happens. I'm home. I breathe differently. That love of great spaces, of rolling open country like the sea, it's the gran passion of my life." Willa Cather
These clueless men.
She thought, I’m never gonna do
Another virgin birth again.
Skip the adoring, be astute.
Bring some chocolate and a basket of fruit."
He also once wrote "The Wise Men's gifts...myrrh...that's a hot dish made with Creamette Noodles, which is how we know the Wise Men were Lutheran."
Could it be that we're too uptight and a little humor would be good for us?. Humor did not abandon me in the land of grief and I'm both grateful and reassured that I'm still intact. Changed, of course, yet the core remains and much improved from Joanne's influence.
Takk for alt
Al
PS "When I strike the open plains, something happens. I'm home. I breathe differently. That love of great spaces, of rolling open country like the sea, it's the gran passion of my life." Willa Cather
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| Trygve's Christmas. |
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| Notice the bare foot. |
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