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December 6, 2024

Mary’s First Trimester

In our rush toward Christmas and the miracle of Bethlehem, we often ignore the humanness of Mary.

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November 30, 2024

Advent

Advent is a time to prepare our hearts for Christmas. It’s a wonderful tradition that moves us beyond the tinsel to remember what is truly important. It helps us make room for Jesus in our lives that often have “no room in the inn”.

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December 18, 2023

A Time of Praise and Worship

Worship was such an important part of that first Christmas. Do we take the time to worship the Lord during this Christmas season?

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December 17, 2023

A Time of Loving

The story of Christmas is the story of God’s love.  A love that was willing to give what was most precious to save a dying world.  God so loved, that he gave his Son. 

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December 15, 2023

The Mystery of Christmas

The mystery of Christmas requires something we rational humans find most difficult: faith. Not some brain-numbing step into an abyss, but rather that which is described in the New Testament: “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”

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December 21, 2022

God with Us, and We with Him

“Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.” Jesus is Jehovah incarnate, our Lord and our God. “Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14

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December 16, 2022

Christmas Is For Children

‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’” Luke 18:16-17

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December 24, 2021

An Angel at Christmas

Have you ever been far from home at Christmas? Whose Christmas angel can you be? "Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16).

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December 19, 2021

God with us Now Residing . . .

How interesting that God chose shepherds as recipients of the “birth announcement” of the Savior.  Shepherds weren’t men who worshipped in sanctuaries with stained glass windows.

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December 8, 2019

The Treasure Box

“. . . But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” What were those things she stored in her “treasure box”?

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