Faking Santa
When I was growing up, my parents were into the whole “faking Santa” thing, and they were really, really into it. We were constantly reminded that we needed to be good if we wanted Santa to bring us presents. We … Continue reading
Category Archives: Holidays
Fourth Advent Sunday
(NOTE: I originally posted this series for the Advent Season in 2009. Re-posting for the 2010 Advent Season.) A note about this series: Around this time every year, my friend Eric Huntsman, who is an associate professor of religion at … Continue reading
Third Advent Sunday
(NOTE: I originally posted this series for the Advent Season in 2009. Re-posting for the 2010 Advent Season.) A note about this series: Around this time every year, my friend Eric Huntsman, who is an associate professor of religion at … Continue reading
Second Advent Sunday
(NOTE: I originally posted this series for the Advent Season in 2009. Re-posting for the 2010 Advent Season.) A note about this series: Around this time every year, my friend Eric Huntsman, who is an associate professor of religion at … Continue reading
First Advent Sunday
(NOTE: I originally posted this series for the Advent Season in 2009. Re-posting for the 2010 Advent Season.) A note about this series: Around this time every year, my friend Eric Huntsman, who is an associate professor of religion at … Continue reading
Evangelicals & Halloween III
A final issue that might crop up for evangelicals over Halloween is the fact that Halloween falls on a Sunday this year. This happens once every five or six years unless leap year causes Halloween to miss the Sabbath—so for … Continue reading
Evangelicals & Halloween II
As I’ve mentioned in many other places, I wasn’t really raised in a Christian household, so we always celebrated Halloween without question. I had some fun costumes over the years, too. In seventh grade I even won first place in … Continue reading
Evangelicals & Halloween I
Or, how I went from anti-Halloween evangelist to sexy Roman goddess in less than ten years! My family got most of our Halloween costume shopping done last week. This is the first year since our daughter was born that all … Continue reading
Winter Break Schedule
This is what my winter break is looking like: Tomorrow my family is driving to Danville, Illinois to visit my cousin, who is the senior pastor of a Church of Christ there. We’ll return Monday evening. I’ll take my notebook … Continue reading
Faith & Community
Post at LDS & Evangelical Conversations.