Tag: christmas

  • Silent Night, Peaceful Day, A Christmas Story

    The following is a recounting of a true story involving my grandfather, Fred Heerema, during World War II. I remember the story originally being told in various forms by my grandmother. This telling is by my father, Jim, and was originally published in the Des Moines Register sometime prior to 2002. (We’re still hunting down…

  • Interesting Web Cites for December 11th

    Sites and articles that I found very interesting today… New Study Reveals Most Children Unrepentant Sociopaths – Any parent of small children could have told you this. Fast-Growing Christian Churches Crushed in China – Church of 50k people beaten and scattered by Chinese officials. Sad story of terrible human rights violation. iTunes Holiday Sampler by…