Away in a manger no crib for a bed… the only resting place for this baby boy is a manager, a feeding trough for livestock. He is born to humble parents in humble surroundings. The Angels proclaim the birth of…
Why a baby?
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A Christmas Offering
The silence of the night was broken by the cries of a baby entering the world. It is such a sweet sound. A sound that every new mother waits anxiously to hear and when the cry rings out, her heart…
My great-granny’s Christmas story
In the style my Great-Granny (old Kentucky colloquialism) would have told it to me ~ So the Lord’s promise came true, just as the prophet had said, “A virgin will have a baby boy, and He will be called Immanuel,”…
Advent: What Am I Waiting For?
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious to us.…
Heavenly Father or Heavenly Santa Claus?
It seems like so many of us learn as children to ask things of God as though He were our Heavenly Santa Claus. Maybe it is a cultural thing, or maybe it is because we are such a rich nation…