The first time I heard those words was in seminary. I'd just agreed to sing with a newly formed a cappella group, and this song, Another Train, was on the practice CD I'd been sent home with after our first rehearsal.

A candle is a careless thing, God wot. See how it is alwaysstretching up and reaching out.

I still remember the Christmas I was in the 8th grade. There was a box under the tree, a large box, the kind that clothing came in.

I stopped at the Holocaust Memorial, something I had previously walked quickly past. Names of hundreds of thousands of survivors towered over me, neatly written on giant plexiglass monuments.

Maybe I don't get out much. But I have always heard the word gratuitous associated with "gratuitous sex and violence" in movies I don't want to see.

When I was three or four, my older brother Kevin was in kindergarten. He got to do so many interesting things, while I stayed home.

I used to have a hard time letting people do anything for me. I'd work on my own house, repair my own car—I will admit, in years gone by that was largely because I couldn't afford to pay anyone.

Each year the American Family Association (AFA) publishes a "naughty or nice" list. Companies who use Merry Christmas in their advertisements and holiday displays are on the nice list.

Remember the sky that you were born under,know each of the star's stories. Remember the moon, know who she is.

What's your favorite Thanksgiving memory? I think about being a kid, and watching the Thanksgiving Day parade while the house filled with delicious smells...