In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In…
Our Savior is Born!
Category: Stewardship
You Shall Call His Name Jesus
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. …
Advent Wonder: Grace
I find myself ~ again ~ knees to floor and heart undone, wondering how so much escapes my efforts. I am somehow still shocked, every now and then, by the struggle between flesh and spirit. Regretting a temper quick to…
Ham + Cake + Paint = Christmas!
By Sherma-Jacqueline Felix It never fails, every time I smell paint, I immediately think of Christmas! Whether it’s in July or February, if I smell paint, I immediately think, “CHRISTMAS!” That’s because when I was a little girl growing up in…
Shadows of Christmas
In twenty-two minutes, it will be Christmas again. I stand in the silvered, but tarnished half hidden light of a frozen moon, and wait expectantly. In the full light of the day around half-past morning, my family will arrive, and…