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Monday, December 15th, 2008We hear it every year: our instructions to “Keep Christ in Christmas”. I think most believers really want to do just that. But then December gets so busy. There’s presents to buy, and for some people, to make. Extra baking. Sending Christmas cards. Holiday parties and get-togethers. Sometimes it seems like it’s New Years before [...]
Christmas Under Attack… Over Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Friday, December 12th, 2008Last week Marc posted about Christmas music that isn’t really about Christmas. In his post he gave credit to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” as being a Christmas song. But, I think it’s a bit of a stretch to call it a religious song.
Unfortunately one mother in North Carolina disagreed. Her daughter is in a public “secular” [...]
Christmas Songs That Aren’t Christmas Songs
Friday, December 5th, 2008Every year, for around a month, a couple of radio stations temporarily change their formats and become “The Official Station of Christmas” (even though there are quite of few of them). I wonder what kind of endorsements they have to do. Is it like the Olympics, only the radio stations have to give tons of [...]
Here’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.
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