Today is my Dad’s birthday. He is 77! That’s just a cool number (more…)

Thanks to the ever-diligent John Stonestreet, I saw this article in the New York Times today. In it, Ross Douthat points out that “in the leafless hills of western Connecticut, … the only Christmas spirit that could possibly matter now” “isn’t just the manger and the shepherds and the baby Jesus, meek and mild,” but one where “the cross looms behind the stable — the shadow of violence, agony and death.” Only the cross of Christ can offer hope during times of suffering. (more…)