I normally don't get that excited about Christmas until later in December. I don't know why. It's not that I don't like Christmas - I love it! It's just always felt like we were celebrating Christmas too early and it was somehow losing some luster.

Not this year.

Maybe it's because I'm in 'Christmas mode' in sermon preparation. Maybe it's ( Read more... )

With Christmas being just three months away, it's time to get working on my '07 Christmas list.  If you have a few extra hundred (or maybe thousand?) bucks sitting around just begging to be spent, why not consider sending me and my family (or just me) to Hawaii next year to watch the Hoosiers play in the '08 Maui Classic?  You can get ticket ( Read more... )

Is it too early to start asking for Christmas presents?  IU released their basketball schedule today.  If anyone out there wants to make my Christmas dreams come true, they'll buy me tickets to one of their home games this year.  Hey - it never hurts to ask, right?

I'm a little concerned about the schedule this year.  There are an awful lot of home ( Read more... )