It’s Christmas so it must be time for a message about sweet baby Jesus. Imagine standing there beside Mary and Joseph and gazing down at the Babe in the Straw. Babies are…
Category: Jesus
In the flesh.
I love all things Christmas——especially the music. I have been humming “I love those J-I-N-G-L-E Bells” all day. But if I’m not careful, I can let my human preference for the fun…
Perspective.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a different time of history? Maybe when you were small you pretended you lived in a medieval castle, explored the…
God is sovereign.
Our God is sovereign. Merriam Webster defines sovereign as: “Possessed of supreme power. Unlimited in extent. Enjoying autonomy.” When it comes to the events and consequences of 2020, God is sovereign. He…
Be different.
Lord have mercy this world feels like it’s going insane. All the things that used to make normal life normal have been disrupted. Regular, previously mundane human connections have dramatically changed or…
Get along.
Well folks, I bought my first Christmas present this week. Can you believe there’s only 70 days until Christmas! When my kids were little, they always asked me, “Mommy, what do you…
Marvel at the miracle.
I’ve heard of Christmas in July–but I haven’t heard of Christmas in March! But the way our curriculum falls in the calendar this year, has us learning about the birth of Jesus…
Born to die.
I wanted to blog weekly during the month of December so I could get the content of our Nailing Christmas class into the hands of interested parents. But I just couldn’t. There…
See Him there.
New Year, New You! By the time of this writing, most of us have either forgotten or given up on the sincere resolutions we made for the new year. My only resolution…
Lending to the Lord.
As we anticipate the adventure of bringing two orphan boys from Eastern Europe to our home for the holidays, I am learning many things. Maybe the biggest is gratitude. I could go…