by billyzh | Dec 1, 2008 | Holidays, Not-Yet-Married, Spirituality
When I first arrived in Nashville, I purchased a small booklet that was on Advent. I don’t actually remember why I made that decision. It may have been because it was 99 cents, or that I made the big transition at Christmastime, or simply due to that fact that the...
by billyzh | Nov 30, 2008 | History, Holidays, Politics
I leave you on this Thanksgiving weekend with these words I found from Newt Gingrich. I thought they were appropriate as we say good-bye to Thanksgiving and enter the joyous Christmas season. “Second only to Independence Day, Thanksgiving is a uniquely...
by billyzh | Nov 29, 2008 | History, Holidays, Politics
A well educated friend of mine recently reminded me, “Pilgrims and Puritans weren’t the same thing.” So, for sake of clarification, before we completely put Thanksgiving back in boxes this holiday season, I thought I’d get in this one last plug for the P’s. PILGRIMS...
by billyzh | Nov 28, 2008 | Asides
“…I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to...
by billyzh | Nov 28, 2008 | Family, Holidays, Politics
As I looked out across the yard after stuffing myself like the Thanksgiving turkey back in the house, I began to count, “1,2,3.. No, wait. 1,2,3,4,5…8 dogs?” It had been quite a houseful. But I had no idea that many canines were wandering the property as...
