Christmas in the Stable
I leaned on my elbow looking out the farmhouse window while my mother and sisters cooked food and set the table for Christmas Eve dinner...
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Dec
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Dec
Jesus Fully Human
Here’s a good verse for Christmas: Colossians 2:9 says, “In Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.” Really? Could this child we celebrate...
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Dec
At the Breast of the Lord
Ah, a child’s life, wrapped in a warm blanket, sleeping peacefully in his mother’s arms, with hardly a care in the world. Worries aren’t his...
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Dec
The Year Baby Jesus Had Down Syndrome
As you prepare the stable of your heart to receive our Lord and Savior this Christmas, take a little journey with me, won’t you? Walk past the barnyard...
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Dec
God’s Love and Welcome in the Christmas Wreath: A Heartfelt Message
I challenged myself to convey a lively welcome through what could have been a stagnant still life painting of a wreath on a door. I did not merely stop...
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Dec
Welcome Jesus In
I bet your home is decorated with sprigs of pine, twinkly lights; cookies on the table; carols are playing, and you open the front door...
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Dec
Honoring The Legacy of One of Our Friends
Ken and I often marvel at the wonderful friends the Lord brings to Joni and Friends. Without our amazing friends, we couldn’t do what we do to impact the...
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Dec
I’m Dying to Know…
We use words in strange ways. Take the word dying. Your daughter in tenth grade says she’s dying to know the football captain of the neighboring high school...
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Dec
Pursue God
An old Puritan once said that “The worth and excellency of your soul is measured by what it loves.” So… the truth about you, who you really are...
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Dec
Transform Lives: Join a Wheels for the World® Outreach
10-year-old Melvin in Kenya spends his days like most boys his age, playing ball and engaging in sports. But it wasn’t always this way...