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The Reformation from our youthful selves into adults doesn’t always change us.

For the first time in over forty years I will be celebrating Christmas without my wife, Beverly. Yet, as difficult as it will be I know that through the birth of Christ, God has shown his love for us and that He will never leave us alone.

John 11:25
Beverly, or Mimi to her grandkids, is still with us on Christmas.

Happy Birthday, Jesus!

We see it all the time. Hurricanes, tornadoes, alien invasions…everybody has left town except the police, fire and rescue and some silly news reporter.

Adam’s rib: God’s first attempt.

She probabaly didn’t last through the first tailgate party.

The never-ending quest for wisdom and the answers to universal mysteries continues. But sometimes seemingly perplexing questions are not all that tough after all.

After we agree to somethings we often discover unintended consequences.

Faith tells most of us that there’s something going on after this life. And, if we behave ourselves, it’s probably nice. But nobody knows what it will really be like.

Texans don’t dream of white Christmases. But we might wonder about them. Seeing one every thirty or forty years might be kind of nice. Seeing more than one might make you question all the global warming theories. This is a card I sent out previously. It has longhorns, bluebonnets, oil rigs and even an old yellow dog. There’s probably not enough detail to see the armadillo and the yellow roses but the light shining down from the Lone Star should be obvious.

While I agree we shouldn’t even be discussing Christmas until we get past Thanksgiving, it seems each December I get some folks who suddenly realize that a personalized portrait or painting would make a great gift. And while I agree with that too it doesn’t leave much time to actually get it done. So if you’re even thinking about it you’d better speak up fast or change it to a Valentine’s Day gift.

OK, I admit it. This is a joke that has to be explained to almost everybody. Lots of people have heard of Attila the Hun but don’t know much more than that he was one bad dude. Fewer people know who Pope Leo was except that he must have been a pope or something.

The facts are…way back in 452 the King of the Huns was ravaging and pillaging Europe and was determined to have his way with Rome which was undefended because the Roman army was licking its wounds from a previous battle with Attila a year earlier in Gaul. The Romans had managed to thwart Attila’s march through western Europe but had to have the help of several Germanic tribes who feared the Huns more than they hated the Romans. After that big battle those tribes moseyed off leaving the Romans in no shape to face Attila alone.

So, instead, the Romans sent out the Pope. After Leo met with Attila, the Hun said to heck with it and went back home. What really happened is mostly conjecture. Since the Romans were the only ones writing stuff down all we have are their versions which include, among other things, the appearance of saints and angels. Therefore, I offer another possible rationale. It might be as equally plausible as any other except for the fact that those types of playing cards weren’t around yet.
Oh well.