Posts Tagged ‘Christmas Story’
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
May you have a beautiful holiday filled with love and laughter, friends and family! Our four children will be home this Christmas with my two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren. We are looking forward to their visit.
Read MoreMerry Christmas
Have you ever noticed that there are more people out and about from November through December? This is the season of waiting: waiting in traffic, waiting in lines, waiting for the holidays, waiting for family, waiting with anticipation. When we read the Christmas story we are reminded of other ways of waiting: Mary waiting for…
Read MoreAre you ready for Christmas?
I spend a lot of my quiet time with God, reading the prophets. In them, I hear God’s heartfelt cry for his people to “turn to him and live!” He speaks of what he does for his people and would do much, much more if only they would seek him, seek his face. Isaiah 45:21b-23New…
Read MoreAnd the Angels Sang
In some of my classes this year, we explored the painting of the northern lights. I have only seen them a couple of times myself, but I know of others who have seen amazing ones. This fall we could see a faint wave of green in the sky in the field by our house. The…
Read MoreWaiting for the Promise
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any gift,…
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