Month: December 2016

The Santa Clause

Published 12/21/2016

I love this scene from the movie The Santa Clause. Scott Calvin has just gotten to the North Pole after accidently filling in for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. He is wandering around this incredible building filled with colorful toys, sweet elves, and amazing inventions. But in spite of what he can see right in front of him, he doesn’t actually…

Hallelujah and Christmas

Published 12/17/2016

Hallelujah should not be a forced manipulation that tricks you into pretending- it’s a wholehearted surrender to trusting someone other than yourself. And where the song meets Christmas is in realizing that this is where Jesus’ very life began.

Giving the best we have

Published 12/10/2016

The little drummer boy is one of the songs commonly thought of as a Christmas classic and has been featured on countless Christmas albums since it was written in 1941. But though I love the song, I must be honest, growing up I never had a clue what the song was about. Oh, it’s Christmastime again, yes let’s sing about…