Category Archives: Holidays

Blessings After Loss

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Craig Kuehn

2020. What a year. It is this time of year where families and friends gather together to give thanks. I remember what that was like. I remember the Thanksgivings of years gone by. These last years, we would gather with … Continue reading →

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An Inauspicious Beginning

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Craig Kuehn

Death and taxes. The earliest use of the idiom was in The Cobbler of Preston by Christopher Bullock (1716), “’Tis impossible to be sure of anything but Death and Taxes.” It continues to be quoted by many. It was true in … Continue reading →

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It Is Precious to Me

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Craig Kuehn

I don’t remember for sure where it came from. I was quite young when it was given me. I kept in a box. From time to time, I would look at it. Flip through its pages, maybe reading a part … Continue reading →

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The Word that was the cause of things to come into being became a being.

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Craig Kuehn

In my tradition, we use a lectionary. This means that the Bible readings for each Sunday are predetermined. We use a three year cycle of readings. After three years almost all of the New Testament is read in church and … Continue reading →

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Illuminating Memories

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Craig Kuehn

The memories of our loved ones never die. It is, particularly, at the end of year when those memories are illuminated. The holiday memories are amplified: the Thanksgiving meals, the mishaps that might ruin the Thanksgiving meal instead turn into … Continue reading →

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The Big Plan

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Craig Kuehn

The story of Jesus’ passion is such a powerful story! It seems like a train going out of control toward a mountain side and there is no one who can stop it, not Spiderman, not Superman, nobody. No human being, … Continue reading →

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Light up the World! Jesus Is Come!

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Craig Kuehn

Hanging lights on a Christmas tree can be most stressful. Some nice person on the Internet has even made a list of Things Not to Say When Hanging Lights on the Christmas Tree. Let me read some of them: 8. … Continue reading →

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Messengers of the Resurrection

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Craig Kuehn

A first year student in a Catholic seminary was told by the dean that he should plan to preach the sermon in chapel the following day. He had never preached a sermon before, he was nervous and afraid, and he … Continue reading →

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bend” (Philippians 2:10)

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Craig Kuehn

For the name of Jesus, we return to Christmas Eve. The angels have finished their announcement of the birth of the messiah to a group of shepherds. The angels return to heaven. The shepherds leave their sheep to fend for … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Gift of All

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Craig Kuehn

Sara Wood and her son, Landon, were facing a bleak Christmas this year. Landon is five years old. They were sleeping in the same bed at her parent’s home. Her husband and his father, Staff Sgt. Scott Wood, died four … Continue reading →

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