Well here we are. The election is over, Christmas is here, and the end of 2016 is fast approaching. It seems like just yesterday we were ushering in the new year and trying to adjust to writing 2016 on everything instead of 2015. Every new year we adjust to the new perspectives we have on everything around us – new governmental leaders, new laws, new gadgets that seem to take over our lives, new relationships, new plans to accomplish new things, etc. etc. etc. My Mom used to

If you go to Bethlehem today to visit the place reported to be where Jesus Christ was born, you will first have to leave Jerusalem and go through a heavily guarded check-point into Palestinian territory. Just a few miles later, you enter a beautiful basilica called “The Church of the Nativity.” There you will wait in line to go down a steep, narrow stairway into a basement area, where you will enter a small room. Since 327 A.D., this site has been officially recognized as the

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a fan of Skillet. Anyone who has come into my office, knows I am a HUGE fan of Skillet. From the time I first heard their music while deejaying at a radio station, I have gone to shows and bought the CDs and merchandise. I am even an official “Panhead” (their fan club moniker). A couple of years ago, a few of their songs started to get mainstream radio air play. Suddenly their music as everywhere. Played at stadiums, on video games, on TV