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…
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…
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…
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…
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…