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Have you ever celebrated a holiday named Memas?Some people observe it every December 25. For them, the Christ of Christmas has been replaced by a me-centered worldview. This is a ...

The five senses. There is something so powerful about them. As an example, isn’t it amazing how one single smell or sound can trigger a sequence of events in an ...

Luke 1:57-66, Luke 1:80When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son… On the eighth day [her neighbors and relatives] came to circumcise ...

He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He refreshes my soul. — Psalm 23:2-3During Christmastime we find ourselves tempted to abandon Christlikeness in ...

Shout and be glad. I am coming and I will live among you. — Zechariah 2:10 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or ...

Advent begins this week for Christians around the world, but do you really know what Advent is?Advent is the season of waiting for Christmas.It begins on the fourth Sunday before ...

Get into the spirit of the season with some of our all-time favorite Christmas gift books, including three new books from popular authors that are making their debut this year! ...

Today is the first day of Advent — the season of waiting, anticipating, preparing, and rejoicing for the coming celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Meditate today ...

The old saying “opposites attract” is based on the phenomenon that many individuals are drawn to people who complement them — who are good at things that they are not, ...

Is the thought of money keeping you awake right now? If so, you’re not the only one.Medical bills, mortgage payments, college tuition, retirement funds, grocery money, car repairs — these ...

I pulled my five-year-old closer to my chest and planted a kiss on the top of her head. I was reading about the memorial services for the victims of the ...

Craig and I have had a lot of fun together over the years. But those fun times didn’t just happen. We’ve had to be really intentional in how we spend ...

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. — 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18On a snowy night we hosted house church, ...

Recently, dear friends of ours visited with the newest addition to their family, a beautiful baby boy. After all the oohing and aahing we asked them, ”How is he sleeping? ...

The Struggle with ComparisonsAll day long we are bombarded with messages that seek to persuade us of two things: that we are (or ought to be) discontented and that contentment ...

This Christmas season we’re trying to spend less, ask for less, want less, wish less, and get less. – Ruth Schwenk“I need to get going on my wish list!”In the ...