The Tortoise and the Hare

Jan 21, 2013

I’m sure you have read or heard Aesop’s fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. The story concerns a hare that ridicules a slow-moving tortoise and is challenged by him to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and, confident of winning, takes a nap midway through...

Jesus Versus Bo Peep

Jan 14, 2013

I have read some of the the histories of nursery rhymes and sometimes I’ve wonder what the writer was thinking. After all, nursery rhymes are for little kids. Take Ring Around The Rosy for instance. The history of this rhyme dates back to the Great Plague of...

Avoiding a Great Fall

Jan 7, 2013

We all know the lyrics to the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together again. Poor Humpty’s fall was a fall from which he could not recover. It...

New Year’s Resolution

Jan 1, 2013

New Years is a time where lots of people do some reflecting on their life over the past year. Often those reflections reveal some shortcomings or regrets and result in resolutions that are intended to ensure those shortcomings and things that caused regret won’t be...

Where’s the Line to See Jesus?

Dec 25, 2012

A friend of the camp’s sent me the information about this song. It is Performed by father and daughter, Steve Haupt and Becky Kelley and was inspired by Steve’s grandson, Spencer Reijgers. The song was written by Steve Haupt and Chris Loesch. The story...

Christmas in Hawaii

Dec 17, 2012

My wife Rowena and I just got back from a week of holidays on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Christmas is a big thing in Hawaii. In Hawaii, Christmas is actually called Christmas and Christmas trees are called Christmas trees. While we didn’t see many manger...