WHO is Kris Kringle

I was curious why “Santa” had so many names so I looked it up. He is based on Saint Nicholas as we know “Santa” anyway. The name Kris Kringle is also associate with “Santa” but why? Well check out this wiki link  looks like it is german, means Christ Child. Well that completely changed the name Kris Kringle in my view. Also it looks like the name...

Refuge

Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. What is a refuge?  It is defined as a place of shelter, protection or safety.  Some days I feel like I have been under attack from the moment my feet hit the floor in the morning until the moment my head hits the pillow at night.  On these days, I can almost see the fiery darts of the evil one flying at me...

Did you ask?

Many times we pray for others. We may pray: Help them find a job. Help them with this medical problem. We occasionally even ask others to pray for us. This seems fairly normal, but do we ever stop and pray for ourselves? This is not to say that we stop praying for others and only pray for ourselves. Just to say that if we have a need, that we can ask GOD to help with that need. There...

Building relationships.

We all need them. Most of us want them. What are relationships? Relationships are the state of connectedness between people especially an emotional one. This would include family, friends, your church etc. Why do we need them? We need them because they make us stronger. If we are having hard time due to life circumstances our relationships are there to support us. This should be...

Somewhere Between Delicious & Delil...

I love to look up the definition of words I have read or heard, even when I already have a general idea of what it means. While reading today I came upon the word delight, which I found sandwiched in the dictionary between the words delicious and Delilah. This is how Webster defines the word delight: to give great pleasure, to be highly pleased; rejoice. Armed with this knowledge,...

Is honesty dead?

This evening at Wal-Mart as I approached the self check out I  noticed that the customer before me did not take their change. When I say change, it was $20.10. For most people in this economy that is no small thing. What would you do with a find like this? Would you keep it or would you turn it in? I don’t expect anyone to answer that unless you really want to. I took it to the...