Although my reading taste typically runs to non-fiction, occasionally I like to dip my toe into popular fiction. That is how I came to read The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown. It probably is the last time I read a fiction bestseller without a recommendation from a trusted fellow reader. I had read The DaVinci [...]
Archive for December 22nd, 2009
The Lost Symbol
Posted in Books, tagged A Prayer For Owen Meany, Books, Dan Brown, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Lost Symbol on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday’s Sermon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas story on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well last Sunday the church was filled with plenty of poinsettias and we sang all of the traditional Christmas carols. When it came time for the sermon I figured it was going to be your typical run of the mill story about the birth of Jesus, but it wasn’t. The popular story told every year is that [...]
An Extreme Christmas
Posted in weather, World, tagged Europe, weather, World on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While we here in the Midwest hope that we might see a white Christmas, over in Europe they are battling a winter storm of epic proportions. Some areas have seen up to 20 inches of snow, and in parts of Austria, Germany and Finland temperatures have fallen to 33 below zero. Plane, train, and road [...]
