by John | Dec 6, 2023 | Christmas
“All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).” ~Isaiah 7:14 We must admit that the day after Thanksgiving sends all of us back...
by John | Dec 28, 2022 | Christmas, Giving, Thankfulness
The Ultimate Gift “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 In 1979, I was five years old, and I will never forget what I asked Santa Claus. It was a Dukes...
by John | Dec 21, 2022 | Christmas, Generosity, Journey
Blessings of Advent “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” Luke 2:14 I remember reading an account of a famous event from the battlefields of World War I. It was Christmas Eve 1914, on the western front, where British and German forces...
by John | Dec 14, 2022 | Christmas, Journey, Thankfulness
Blessings of Advent “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” Psalm 46:10 As I near the Christmas season, I always tell myself this is the year I will take it slow and enjoy the season. I...
by John | Nov 30, 2022 | Christmas, Generosity, Giving, Thankfulness
Blessings of Advent “I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!” ~John 15:11 When I was a child, our mailbox would be filled with catalogs during the Christmas season. In these catalogs were all of the gifts that...
by John | Dec 29, 2021 | Christmas
Ecclesiastes 3 says, 1For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.2A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.3 A time to kill and a time to...
