On Christmas Eve 1967, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a Christmas sermon at his home congregation of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. King had been asked by the Canadian Broadcasting Company to deliver a series of five lectures for their Massey Lecture Series and the sermon was broadcast as the... Continue Reading →
The Drag Racing History Behind “Jingle Bells”- The 12 Days of Blogmas Day 3
In December 1965, NASA Mission Control experienced a few tense moments when Gemini astronauts Wally Schirra Jr and Tom Stafford called in a report of an unidentified flying object: “We have an object, looks like a satellite going from north to south, up in a polar orbit. He’s in a very low trajectory traveling from... Continue Reading →
Corrie Ten Boom’s Christmas Memories- The 12 Days of Blogmas Day 2
Last year at Christmas, I wrote a blog post entitled, “Christmas 1944” about Corrie Ten Boom. Corrie’s story remains one of my favorites and I have a collection of five books written by or about Corrie Ten Boom. I wrote my post last year about the experience Corrie had in the Ravensbruck infirmary at Christmas... Continue Reading →
Contemplating The Unchanging Foundations of Christmas- The 12 Days of Blogmas Day 1
Hello! Welcome to the Twelve Days of Blogmas 2021!! For the next 12 days, I will be posting a Christmas-themed blog post daily leading up to Christmas Day. I have been researching little known or inspirational stories about the holiday season and I am excited to be able to share some of the stories I’ve... Continue Reading →