Tom Norvell uses the song "Joy to the World" to remind us that we need to nurture and protect our joy in Jesus.
12/15/2009 by Tom Norvell
Patrick Odum reflects on a Matthews who is a scientist who determined the star when Jesus was born and reminds us that it is not the star, but the one to whom it pointed, that is important.
12/27/2008 by Patrick D. Odum
Danny Sims gives us a staccato version of the birth of Jesus and the following narratives about His first trip to the Temple.
12/26/2008 by Danny Sims
Tom Norvell describes what it is like to be ready for Christmas on Christmas eve and wonders what it was like for God on the eve of His Son's birth into the world.
12/24/2008 by Tom Norvell
Rubel Shelly reminds us that Christmas can be a time where we escape the realities of the world and rejoice.
12/23/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Ron Rose shares a new word, w00t, that means joy in gamer language, that has entered our common communication language.
12/21/2008 by Ron Rose
Phil Ware uses the story of the angels in Luke chapters 1 and 2 to remind us that Jesus' birth is something that should amaze us!
12/15/2008 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware reminds us of the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth, lived out in hard times, when God did the glorious and amazing things and longs to do them again in our day.
12/08/2008 by Phil Ware
Janet Colbrunn shares her experiences as a grandparent to multiple multiples.
05/29/2008 by Janet Colbrunn
Rubel Shelly reminds us that Christmas can open our eyes to faith and what the world willfully does not want to see.
12/27/2007 by Rubel Shelly
Larry Davies puts us in the place of the inn keeper who had no room in his inn for Joseph and Mary.
12/23/2007 by Larry Davies
Tom Norvell talks about a pre-Christmas trip to the place of insanity, the mall, and questions if they are missing something in the season.
12/22/2007 by Tom Norvell
Just as birthdays should be about moms, so our very lives should be about the One who gave us life
05/16/2007 by Skye Noe
The coming of Christ is a violent grace that heads to a violent end and if we listen to the birth stories of Jesus we can find there a real Savior who lived in our all too real world.
01/08/2007 by Phil Ware
Whether Christmas comes on December 25 or not doesn't really matter, what does matter is that Jesus came and the angels declared it and that we celebrate it with great joy.
12/25/2006 by Phil Ware
An older lady's mistake with Christmas envelopes reminds us that God never forgets to pay for our gifts!
12/19/2006 by Alan Smith
Even Napoleon Bonaparte was awed by the astonishing Jesus who came to earth as a baby.
12/15/2006 by Paul Faulkner
Jesus wasn't just born into our world in the womb of Mary, but he longs to be born into our world again in each individual Christian the Holy Spirit gives birth to in the world.
12/11/2006 by Phil Ware
A surprising winter snow gives Phil the opportunity to think about the changes of seasons and the falling of grace on us all with the birth of Jesus.
12/04/2006 by Phil Ware
A grandchild celebrates birthday one and a grandmother celebrates birthday fifty and both rejoice in the gift of now.
08/31/2006 by Teresa Bell Kindred
A broken mug helps Tom Norvel remind himself of what is most important about life and ministry, that we are not through when we are damaged, but we must press on.
06/10/2006 by Tom Norvell
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a grimy, corrupt little town not known for anything important.
12/23/2005 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
Most folks don't have a clue about the meaning of Christmas.
12/16/2005 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
We are both born and adopted into God's family!
08/19/2005 by Alan Smith
Knowing what to do about the birth of Jesus is quite a dilemma, however, we do need to acknowledge he was born and respond appropriately.
12/21/2004 by Jerry Whitmire