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Posted on December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

Christmas eve, eve

Hello my friends! I hope this finds you well this Christmas Eve, eve. I'm reaching out to thank you for your loving support in our…

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Posted on December 25, 2020December 22, 2020

Immanuel

My favorite name for God. Matthew 1:23 says, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which…

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Posted on December 24, 2020December 22, 2020

No room?

We have four children. When our older children were born, we were living in Dallas just minutes from the hospital. With our younger kids, we…

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Posted on December 23, 2020December 21, 2020

Nativity dragon

There's a dragon in the Nativity Story. We don't put one in the cozy little Nativity sets that we display during Advent--because we don't want…

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Posted on December 22, 2020December 21, 2020

Belligerent bells

One of my favorite Christmas songs is "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." It's based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Christmas Bells." I love…

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Posted on December 19, 2020December 21, 2020

Christmastime

One of my favorite words is Christmastime. Not only because of the warm feeling it evokes when I think about it--but because of the way…

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Posted on December 4, 2020December 1, 2020

Hope

Sunday we lit the first candle of Advent--the Hope Candle. There's an ancient saying: "Hope deferred makes the heart sick." When our longings are not…

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Posted on December 2, 2020December 1, 2020

Festival of Lights

I'm really enjoying Timothy Keller's Hidden Christmas for my Advent reading. He points out that Christmas is a festival of lights. Why do we decorate…

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Posted on November 30, 2020November 25, 2020

On grief

Nicholas Wolterstorff's twenty-four year old son died in a climbing accident. He writes: "The worst days now are holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, birthdays, weddings,…

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Posted on November 28, 2020December 21, 2020

Advent

Advent begins tomorrow. This is the period of time that the Christian Church prepares for Christmas. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, and…

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