Two years ago, I celebrated my first Christmas. Never mind that I was thirty-one years old and had celebrated many Christmas seasons before. Spending it with my baby nephew Caleb changed my perspective completely. I’ve pondered before how small God … Continue reading →
This Christmas season I have taken some time to reflect on Mary. Having just arrived at the beginning of the third trimester of my first pregnancy, I guess it’s only natural that I would consider her situation more so than … Continue reading →
I seldom repost something that I’ve posted here before, but it so happens that my blogging day falls the day after Christmas both this year and last. So I’m sharing my “day after Christmas” poem from last year since I … Continue reading →
I have wonderful memories of Christmas as a child. We had a beautifully decorated Christmas tree with presents all around. My dad would play Christmas records around the clock during the Christmas season. My family and I would sing along … Continue reading →
In all the busyness of the Christmas season, it’s easy to let its true meaning slip through the cracks of the rough manger bed. Is it really that important our kids hear the age-old story about Jesus’ birth? Isn’t it … Continue reading →
“But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior.” Micah 7:7 While we set aside lawn rakes for snow shovels, pumpkins for pointsettas we usher in the Advent season – the season of waiting … Continue reading →