Last Day of 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Posted in Family | No Comments »It's the end of 2009 already? Sheesh. I'm old. I love the holidays for the chance to do a lot of nothing. This year's nothing seemed like it came and went faster than normal. And I don't feel like I did ...
Free Christmas Music
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Music | 1 Comment »Last year I explored my top 5 Christmas songs. Those recommendations still stand this year, though I keep coming across a number of free Christmas songs and they're worth sharing. Christmas for Kenya - University Baptist Church (David Crowder's church) has ...
Christians Demand Retailer Lip Service
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 10 Comments »Just what you always needed—a web site to show you which retailers will wish you a hearty "Merry Christmas" while taking your money and which ones are heathen bastards and say something sinful like "Seasons Greetings" or "Happy Holidays". It's ...
Today Has Conspired Against Me
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Daily Grind | 3 Comments »Or maybe this entire week has conspired against me. Let's count the ways... (In case you can't tell, this is one of those whiny, poor me posts, so feel free to move on now) I've been sick since Wednesday night with a ...
Rethinking Christmas
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Society | No Comments »Redefining Christmas has been on my mind this year. As I was editing a like-minded blog entry for Church Marketing Sucks, I realized how insane it is that people go into debt for Christmas. How crazy it is that we're ...
Top 5 Christmas Songs
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Music | 9 Comments »Christmas music is playing everywhere, but it's not always good. Every year I find myself on the elusive search for truly good Christmas music. Here are my top 5 Christmas songs: 1. "You Gotta Get Up" by Five Iron Frenzy (Buy ...
I Like My Fake Christmas Tree
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Domicile | 2 Comments »We put up our Christmas tree last week. I'm risking blasphemy here, but I like fake Christmas trees better than real ones. Growing up we always had real Christmas trees. On the day after Thanksgiving we loaded into the truck, drove ...
You Can Change the World: Redefining Christmas
Monday, December 8th, 2008 Posted in Society | No Comments »For all intents and purposes Christmas has become a secular holiday. Sure, if you dig down deep the root idea behind all the gift giving, Christmas trees and Santa Clauses can be traced back to Jesus. But you have to ...
Christmas Cookies
Tuesday, December 24th, 2002 Posted in Personal Pics | No Comments »Christmas at the Hendricks' household isn't exactly what it used to be.
Where’s the Snow?
Saturday, December 12th, 1998 Posted in Daily Grind | No Comments »Oh, let's see... what to ramble about today? I spent my entire day Christmas shopping. Kind of ironic, considering yesterday's comments, but don't worry—I didn't buy anything on anyone's list. Considering the insanity I witnessed today, yesterday's ramblings are much ...
