The best instruction manuals include only three simple steps. Three is a magic number. The best instruction manuals that come with toys, games, and devices include only three steps. A long list of steps, on the other, hand increases our level of frustration and confusion. I got a couple new devices for Christmas yesterday. Each…
Archives for December 2017
What is the meaning of the three gifts of the magi?
I love the Christmas carol “We Three Kings.” It may be my favorite. I was curious, though, about the meaning of those three gifts. The song, of course, describes the meaning of each gift, but is it correct? It turns out that there isn’t a real consensus. The song could certainly be right. Here is…
Christmas Traditions
Like a lot of people, we have our family traditions for Christmas. On Christmas Eve we make homemade pizzas, watch a Christmas movie, then get the kids ready for bed. For Christmas dinner, we order Chinese take out and eat with our fine China (the only time all year). Our girls love drinking “kids wine”…
Our God is Too Small
My wife shared this video with me. It’s a part of Matthew Kelly’s Advent video series. Watch: “A God of Miracles” by Matthew Kelly From the transcript: Our image of God is too small. We shrink God so we can try and get our heads around it. We live in a culture that wants to…
How I Tripled the Number of Books I Read in 2017
I distinctly remember a realization in first grade that the “blue group” was code for poor readers. I was in the blue group. I never got over my shame at being a slow reader. Still to this day I get self-conscious about reading in front of people–even as a teacher reading to a class, a…
