Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men

Andy brought to my attention today the beautiful lyrics to this traditional Christmas tune that I have never noticed before. Here's a few of my favorite stanzas:

"And in despair I bowed my head
'There is no peace on earth,' I said,
'For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, goodwill to men.'

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep"
'God is not dead, nor doth he sleep'
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With peace on earth, goodwill to men.'"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this as a poem shortly after his wife had been burned alive and in the midst of the tragedy of the Civil War. The first Christmas after his wife was gone, he wrote in his journal, "How inexpressibly sad are the holidays." With the ringing of the Christmas bells, he was once again reminded that, "God is not dead, nor doth he sleep."

May God comfort those who are "inexpressibly sad" this Christmas and remind them that he is ever watching over his children. And may he grant us the grace to remember this in times of suffering.

Merry Christmas!!!

Fall '08 Perspectives

For those of you who have been praying for our Perspectives class, I would like to say thank you SO much! Tonight was our last night and it was a wonderful class. I really believe that we will see a large chunk of these students go overseas to bring the gospel to those who have never heard it. Continue to pray for these students, that the Lord would give them perseverance in this vision.

She's pretty much amazing.

This, dear friends, is my niece (my brother and sister-in-law's baby). She is about 3 months old now and she's wonderful. The sad thing is, my brother and his family just moved back to Temple which means they are now 5 1/2 hours away. Before they left, I reminded Addie that I am her favorite auntie and that I love her so, so, so, so, so much.

She's beautiful.

Other Random NYC Pics

Here's a few more pics from NYC for you all to enjoy.

At the Brooklyn Bridge.


The Michael Jackson midget man doing the "Thriller" dance at the subway at Union Station. Amazing.


Andy, Nikki, and I at Phantom of the Opera.


With the lego Star Wars guys at FAO Schwartz. (Brian, you need to show this one to Stephen.)


And the last two are obvious - at the Statue of Liberty and the David Letterman Show.

Fun Times in Greenwich Village.

As you can see, I'm slowing posting our NYC pictures. Since Andy is a folk music fanatic, we decided to spend a day in Greenwich Village in search of all the old folk hot spots. Here's the highlights...

I love Central Park.

It's been awhile...

I don't know if I have anyone that follows my blog regularly. Well, I take that back. I did notice a month or two ago that Google added a new feature on blogspot where you can become someone's "follower" or something like that. Sad thing is, I have only have one follower.

So, to Jordan: I'm sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I've been terribly busy and haven't had a chance to. I hope you won't abandon me.

Hopefully I'll be able to post some fun stuff here in the next week or so.