Monthly Archives: December 2013

The Right Side Of History

We scribblers great and small are scratching onto the surfaces of our lives the record of events that preceded the moment we sat down to write. Some of these events will be reviewed and dismissed as mundane, important only to the writer and the writer’s circle; other events will be … Read More

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Indianapolis, Part 1

Sixty-five years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Indianapolis to speak at the Cadle Tabernacle radio ministry in downtown Indianapolis. For nearly half a century beginning in the 1920s, the massive building sat roughly two blocks east of the old Indianapolis City Hall.  The Spanish Mission style facility … Read More

Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come

I was going from store to store at the mall this time last year, sorting through poorly made, highly priced, Christmas tree skirts and thinking how the $75 I was about to spend could be put to so much better use. After a couple of hours I ended up leaving … Read More

Oh Christmas Tree

“Oh Christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches. In summer sun or winter snow, a coat of green you always show . . .” This song was based on a 16th Century Silesian tune. The use of green as a symbol of eternal life dates back to the ancient Egyptians. … Read More

100 Years Ago this Week: Dec. 20-Jan. 3

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 25, 1913:  An estimated crowd of 700 persons gathered around the towering Christmas tree, glittering with a myriad of incandescent lights, tinsel and American flags, in University Square early last night as the seventy-five members of the People’s Chorus sang traditional Christmas hymns to … Read More