History, Real Life, and Faith
Research serendipity occurred when I wrote my novella, The Gold Rush Christmas. It centered around a Christmas-themed totem pole. It’s the story of young adult twins who journey to Alaska in search of their missionary father during the 1897 Gold Rush. The boy next door, a seminary student, joins them in an attempt to woo the heart of the female twin…
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Six ways to cope with a loved-ones death at Christmas
“It’s time,” Rose called from my Pearl Harbor driveway where her toddler sat in his stroller. I latched my daughter into her stroller and we took off down the street to pay our respects to the dead. We spent every December 7 for four years together, perched on McGrew Point to await the salute and fly by. When you live on Pearl Harbor, the…
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I love Christmas letters. Tell me all your great news, brag about your kids, allow me to rejoice with you! I want to hear what my friends are thankful for as they look back over the past year and anticipate the next. I also love to write my family’s Christmas letter. It’s an opportunity to crystalize my family’s year in two…
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Who deserves mercy most? I asked myself the question after a ship capsized off the California coast last week. The Coast Guard arrived in time to save all seven people–which included three children under ten. It was a miracle in our frigid waters because no one wore a life jacket. Like many writers to the editor of the paper, I…
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Several years ago I wrote a spiritual memoir I call Loving God Without a Label. It’s the story of how I found God and worshipped Him in many different settings across the United States and even into Europe. It’s not published (yet!), but it’s been instructive in my Christian walk–enabling me to recognize that how a person worships God is…
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