It's not over, it's just beginning! Too often, we're too eager to leave Christmas in the rearview mirror. It's over. move on. time to gear up for the new year. Photo by Anthony Cantin on Unsplash But Christmas is not something to get past -- it's a Beginning!The beginning of Christ's Communion -- God with… Continue reading Christmas: the Day After
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Christmas Eve: An Ordinary Day
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the entire inhabited earth should be taxed. ... And everyone went to his own city to be taxed. ... So Joseph also departed from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to the City of David which is called Bethlehem, in Judea, because he was… Continue reading Christmas Eve: An Ordinary Day
A Word to Cover Christmas
Shelter For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.Psalm 27:5 ESV Shelter provides. Merriam-Webster's defines shelter as "something that covers or affords protection." It includes establishments providing food and a place to… Continue reading A Word to Cover Christmas
An Outrageous Word for Christmas
Scandalous. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.2Corinthians 5:21 ESV Preface.Perhaps for some of you, it’s scandalous I am still sitting in Christmas this New Years Day. For others, it’s the tradition of Epiphany, the twelve days of… Continue reading An Outrageous Word for Christmas
A Word Swept Up in Christmas
Messy In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.Genesis 1:1-2 NLT Messy work. Marked by confusion and disorder, extreme unpleasantness, and trying circumstances, messy is the opposite of… Continue reading A Word Swept Up in Christmas