What is your favorite Christmas tradition? Mine revolves around a nativity set. This particular nativity was the centerpiece . . . .
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Recapture the Wonder of Christmas
Do you stare in wonder at sparkling snowcapped mountains, or the shimmering feathers of a hummingbird suspended in flight? Do you gasp at the shifting colors of the sunset or the delicate fragrance of a perfect rose? Or do you take for granted God’s miraculous wonders? . . .
Read MoreCelebrating Emmanuel
This week we are celebrating Emmanuel – God with us. God came to earth in the form of a tiny baby, to save His people from their sins. And Jesus is coming again. . . .
Read MoreFall Feasts
All Christians celebrated “God’s feasts,” the feasts that God established, until about 300AD. At that time the Emperor Constantine made Christianity the state religion and stripped it of its Jewish roots. He gave us Christmas and Easter instead.
Until I became an avid Bible reader, I thought the feasts . . .
Read MoreGetting Through the Holidays
I love the Christmas season so much that it breaks my heart to hear people say, “I’m just trying to get through the holidays.” Because I eagerly anticipate the focus on Jesus and the time with family, I am saddened to know that many people actually dread the Christmas season. If that’s you, I want to encourage you . . .
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