Holidays
« Previous EntriesHere’s the Situation…We’re Going Away on a Week’s Vacation
Monday, November 17th, 2008We’re taking a vacation (of sorts)! We need a little time to relax, regroup. We need to really get back to the Bible, praying, our family and focusing on what’s important. So, for the next week we won’t be posting here at Bugskippy (including the comic). We’ll be back next Tuesday.
In honor of the approaching [...]
How to Draw a Jack-o’-Lantern
Friday, October 31st, 2008Happy Halloween! For today, I’m doing a little How-to for drawing the most common symbol of this holiday. I hope you enjoy!
Step 1
Usually, when we draw a pumpkin, we think “round”, so we might start out with a circle.
Step 2
This is a pretty good start, and people usually get what we’re drawing. It’s not wrong, since every pumpkin is [...]
Is Celebrating Halloween Wrong for Christians?
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008I’ve heard the arguments my whole life: Halloween originated as a pagan holiday, a grotesque one at that! Christians have no business celebrating a holiday whose origins go so far against God. Even if it has changed, it’s hardly an innocent holiday now! I mean, look at all those children, dressed up as ghosts and [...]
What’s Scarier: Boo at the Zoo, the Christian Sponsors, or the People Who Just Don’t Get It?
Monday, October 27th, 2008Every Halloween season since 1977, the Lincoln Children’s Zoo has hosted Boo at the Zoo, a big fundraising event to allow kids to trick-or-treat within its gates. In it, the trick-or-treaters walk through the zoo in a pre-set path while local businesses, with displays set up, hand out candy, coupons, and whatnot. One local dentist [...]
Ben Stein: Jewish, but OK with Christmas Trees
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008With the holidays approaching, we know it’s going to start up again. The same battle heard for years now: separation of church and state vs. Christmas. Nativities and Christmas trees will be taken off lawns of courthouses. For non-compliant government offices, lawsuits will be started. Employees of our favorite stores will be told it’s inappropriate [...]
God bless America
Monday, July 7th, 2008God has protected and blessed our country for over two hundred years. Biblically, we have had to be standing on good principles, with people of faith, for such a blessing to have continued throughout the centuries. No, we have not always behaved honorably. But we have obviously been doing some things right to receive so much of God’s blessings.
Happy 4th of July, Schoolhouse Rock Style
Friday, July 4th, 2008To celebrate the birthday of our country, the United States of America, here’s a history lesson, a look back on what brought us to where we are today. If you’re a child of the 70’s or 80’s you should be familiar with Schoolhouse rock, a perfect source to recount our nation’s rise to power and how we try to maintain it.
Father’s Day Videos
Monday, June 16th, 2008I had planned on writing about the various father figures in my life, both literal and figurative, but maybe some other time. When I work it out to not have it about me, then I’ll share.
My real father hasn’t been a huge influence in who I’ve become, but I love him and respect his gifts to [...]
Happy 6th of June
Friday, June 6th, 2008Come with me back in time, to the 70’s. Don’t worry, we won’t stay long. When I was a little girl in the 70’s my parents had an 8-track (yeah, remember those?) for CW McCall.
For years my brothers, sisters, and I played it over and over. Because of those years the song “Convoy” is permanently [...]
Resurrection Sunday and VeggieTales
Monday, March 24th, 2008Recently I read, in my K-Love Devotional, something I’ve never considered about the cross. Technically, I wear a weapon around my neck every day. The cross, in Jesus’ time, was used for torture and murder: nails were driven through hands and feet to affix a person for the sole purpose of a slow, painful death. [...]
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