Christmas
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Wise Men and a Sister
My sister wrote the poem below about the wise men, such a fun kids poem I had to publish it. OH, she is also the girl in the picture, with my brother David and our parents, when they were living in France, before I was. She is a bit older now. So am I. Wise…
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Christmas: A Declaration of War
3 Christmas War Quotes from the Advent reading today. At church we gave away the Christianity Today Advent book, this one was written by Russell Moore. Excellent, but you be the judge… He is bringing the story into focus from that first prophecy, when God tells the serpent after Adam and Eve eat the fruit;…
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Late Christmas Letter
COOLEYS 2016 So Micah and Dad had grand plans to get the Christmas letter out for Christmas this year. Micah started it, gave it to Dad, and next thing you know it was Christmas. So, in the grand Cooley tradition of late New Year’s letters, here we go. Mama and Papa Cooley: After seven years…
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The Fir Tree: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Hans Christian Anderson Illustrated by Sanna Annukka The Good: It’s awesome — if you don’t mind a depressing Christmas. It is Hans Christian Anderson, after all. The illustrations, the gold foil on green cover, the cool classic Christmas tale – it all works together to make this a keeper. We will be setting it…


