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I have chapel today at school. We’re going to sing Christmas carols with bible verses and me talking in between. Except that I have a cold, and I don’t have any confidence that I’ll be able to talk at all. So in tomorrow’s chapel the part of Lloyd Sommerer may very well be played by [...]

I like the whole Oh Come Oh Come Immanuel done with just a few hand bells and otherwise acappella. And I was going to try that on next Friday for chapel, but we don’t have any hand bells at school. Rather than try to borrow some, I thought that I would see that was available [...]

Thanks to everyone who helped me decide which songs to use for chapel. I lead chapel yesterday at school. I’ve become pretty predictable in the format of these chapels: Lloyd says something about a Christmas Carol, We sing a Christmas Carol, then someone reads a few bible verses on which the Carol was based. Repeat [...]

Brad gave us gifts!  Gold, and frankincense and myrrh.  No, wait.  A ‘gift of rage’ for Lloyd – a poster that shows how the government spends our taxes, and for me, a delightful little guy called ‘Benny’ who plays music when you wind him up!  Benny has a place of honor by the ukuleles now.  [...]

So, I foolishly didn’t take any photos today, so we’re pictureless again.  I could take a picture of Lloyd and Andrew watching a movie, but that’s not exciting.  How about Christmas memories? My most memorable present ever was when I was about 5? 7?years old.  I wasn’t up front for the Christmas Eve service, but [...]

Happy Birthday, Jesus!!! Well, we made it to Missouri and avoided the snow and ice.  (‘Yay’ for leaving later!  We heard about several accidents in the morning.)  We’ve been to a very nice church service and now Lloyd is playing bartender and we’re going to play some kind of dice game.  Wish me luck.  (Lloyd’s [...]