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
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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...
15
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...
8
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...
1
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...
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Nov
Where Are the Simons?
I once read that criminals to be crucified often had to carry to the place of crucifixion their own cross beam, a piece of wood weighing up to fifty pounds...
28
Nov
Scaling the High Bar
God telling me that I should be holy is like his telling me to scale the high jump at a track meet. But wait. Who’s that in front of the high bar...
27
Nov
How to Celebrate Thanksgiving Like Jesus: Invite the Forgotten
What’s on your Thanksgiving menu this year? A lineup of classic dishes? Or some experiments: pumpkin-sage mashed sweet potatoes or turducken...
27
Nov
The Sounds of Thanksgiving: Part 8
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness...