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Merry Christmas from Eric, Dennise and Maria!!!

We've been doing e-Christmas letters since before they were cool. This year's version is below. Happy holidays, everyone...EF


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Summer Vacation 2008

A movie of our trip to Philly, Boston, New York and Washington. Somehow, we didn't get a single pic of our friends, Sheri and Evan, which seems so wrong.

With that great omission confessed, enjoy the rest:

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Christmas Musical

Clips from Maria in her school musical a week ago. Note her spot-on voicing of a Charlie Brown Christmas character:


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Gymnastics Meets in 2008

Here's a montage of Maria in some of her meets from this year:

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Prestonwood Talent Show (You Can't Stop the Beat)

Maria and Brittany in the Talent Show last Spring:

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Like You and Like I (A Christmas Meditation)

I didn't think I'd get a Christmas devotional done this year. But it looks like I did. You can hear most of this in audio form by clicking here. You can read it by just continuing below. Hope you're having a blessed holiday...
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Northaven Staff Advent Liturgical Dance

Never let it be said that my staff does not have a sense of humor...

You may not realize this, but our hard-working Northaven staff has been busy perfecting our first ever musical dance number.

After weeks of practice, we've polished very move, hired a professional director, and cut our first Northaven Staff Music Video.

So, what follows is the World Premier of the "Northaven Staff Advent Liturgical Dance," sent to you with our sincere love, gratitude, and the hope for more smiles throughout these holidays.

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Other Seas

It's the morning after Kathleen Baskin-Ball's memorial service, and I just wanted to dash of a quick word of gratitude...
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As If We're S'posed to Know (A Tribute to Kathleen Baskin-Ball)

I was at a memorial service for a church member's mother yesterday morning, and had my phone off most of the time. But when I got out of that service, within seconds of turning it on, there was a call from Bill that Kathleen Baskin-Ball had died a short time before. I just happened to be about 10 minutes away, and so yesterday I spent the better part of the afternoon at their home with family and friends. It was a tough day, to say the least.

No blog, no memorial, can ever be eloquent enough to honor the life of such an incredible woman. Others will offer their own thoughts at various times, I am sure. And I sense that her service Saturday will be a marvelous celebration of the various parts of her life and ministry.

All this is to say that, as with much of the writing I do here, this entry is as much as part of my own catharsis and healing as anything else. If others find it meaningful, all the better...EF



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