Happy New Year?

I have received an email from a friend this week, in which he discussed a lot of issues that seem to be plaguing him and his family this holiday season.  I truly related!  In the week leading up to Christmas, our van decided to die, my Macbook’s hard drive decided the van was getting all the attention [...]

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Traveling to Bethlehem

We have all seen pictures and heard stories of Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem.  How this very pregnant woman traveled on a donkey all the way from Nazareth.  It’s no wonder she went into labor when they got to their destination!  But is this really what happened?

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When is your Birthday?

Please don’t accost me over this one.  I’m just sharing the facts…  Many people still falsely believe that Jesus was born on December 25 in the year 1.  When we get down to it, no one really knows when Jesus was born.  Scripture does tell us some things about his birth though.

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Are you Ready?

Christmas is coming and will be here before you know it! I have always had trouble picking out just the right gift for my wife, and so I rely on friends and what they give. Now there are some people who you should never get gift advise from, and some gifts that are [...]

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The Nativity

I will always remember as a child spending hours under the tree staring at our family nativity set.  It was a lot more elaborate than the one I own now, pictured above.  It had a hay mow in it that I would put things in.  It was hours of fun.  Unfortunately, it indoctrinated me with the [...]

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Beautiful Christmas singing

There is nothing quite like singing our Christmas carols in church on Christmas Eve.  With our voices swelling in a brilliant crescendo in the crisp winter air.  It is beautiful!  And through those songs we learn, in lyric, the Christmas story.  Songs like “Away in a Manager”, “Silent Night”, “We Three Kings” and many more.
Some of these [...]

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