Advent Week Four: Make Your Heart a Manger

Christmas is the story of God’s unwavering love for us. There was no royal announcement or ticker tape parade on that first Christmas Day. God chose to enter this world in a chilly stable where farm animals dozed. Was His lowly birth in a stable the mistake of an...

Preparing a Thankful Heart for Christmas

It’s crunch time. Christmas is less than a week away. Most of us are frantically making last second preparations. We’re rushing to malls, ordering and returning packages on Amazon, wrapping, decorating, cooking, and the list goes on. It’s easy with...

Advent, Week 3: What Made the Wise Men Wise?

At the time of the birth of Jesus, the term Wise Men spoke of people who studied sacred writings, astrology, and dreams and who pursued wisdom in general. While we really don’t know much about the backgrounds of these star seekers, the very fact they set out on a long...

The End of an Era

In reflecting on this Christmas season, I happened to be struck with a thought – we celebrate the coming of our Savior at the end of the year. At first, that seemed ironic. How could we be reaching the end when our redemption is just beginning? Then, I...

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