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Background to the nativity story. A Christmas meditation.

“God is creating a new humanity and something incredibly beautiful... Reach out and see the possibility of an amazing future.”

There is a measure of reason in appointing the age of twenty-one as the period of a man’s majority, for he is then mature and full grown. It would be unwise to make a person to be of age while only ten, eleven, or twelve; everybody would see that such boyish years would be unsuitable. On the other hand,…

Some of you spend Christmas day surrounded by your families. Possibly you have a large family—ten or twelve are at home on that day, with a grandchild or two. I will tell you what your greatest joy is on that day: it is to see the happiness of your children and to mark how they enjoy what you provide…

If your house were on fire, you would rejoice to hear that the fire engines were coming down the street. You would feel an absolute certainty that they were coming to you, because your house was in a blaze if no one’s else might be. If there were appointed today a commissioner for the relief of such…

In the book, The God Who Knows Your Name Max Lucado writes, “God’s nature would not hold him in heaven. It led him to earth. In God’s great gospel he not only sends, but he also becomes; he not only looks down, but he also lives among; he not only talks to us, but he also lives with us as one of us.”…

Instead of emphasizing the merry and bright upbeat Christmas celebrations, some churches are having Blue Christmas Services on the Winter Solstice (the darkest day of the year) for those in their community who find Christmas time difficult. "At its deepest level, I think the Christmas gospels tell the…

As 2020 continued to bring fear and anxiety to people around the world, many in the United States began decorating for the Christmas holiday early. Though most decoration don’t start to appear until late November or early December, some people began putting up Christmas trees and hanging lights as early…

We live in an instant world where we expect to have real-time communication with others. However, technology does not always meet our expectations. On Feb. 14, 2019 users sent well over 150,000 text messages that did not arrive until early November of 2019 due to a problem with one of Syniverse’s servers.…

An Atlanta area church decided to reach out to families in their community by paying off $10,000 worth of layaway items at a local Wal-Mart. Senior Pastor Kevin Murriel made the announcement for 23 families who expressed their gratitude for the help at Christmas season. The pastor said the church was…

This is a Confession to go with the Christmas Eve Communion Service

The tree selected to stand in New York’s Rockefeller Center for the 2020 Christmas season came with an unexpected guest. An employee of the company that secured and transported the tree spotted a little owl in the tree. He put it in a box and called his wife, who checked with a local wildlife center.…

A Texas family said a fire that burned their front yard was started with their 12 year-year-old’s Christmas gift. Nissa-Lynn Parson said her son Cayden received a magnifying glass and after opening gifts, the boy and his brothers decided to use the gift to burn holes in a newspaper in the driveway. The…

A website offered a holiday-loving person’s dream job when they announced that they were offering the right person, $1,000 to watch 24 Hallmark Christmas movies and document their experience on social media. The person would have to watch all 24 movies in 12 days. The website suggested the person be…

Jennifer Sinclair is the principal of a Nebraska public elementary school. This Christmas she decided all the references to Christmas must go. She banned all Christmas decorations, songs, and references. She even tossed out the candy canes, because she said their J shape honors Jesus. The principal told…

A friendship that brought together a family from Newfoundland and the Canary Island began with a message in a bottle and a tragic accident. Patrick Dennis originally found the bottle on the shore of Tenerife Island off the coast of Africa in 2002. He made an attempt to contact the 5-year-old girl from…

Professional illusionist Jackson Rayne took the stage at a Wildlife Park in Georgia and set a new world record by escaping from straightjackets 300 times in eight hours. Rayne was trying to beat the earlier record of 193 escapes which was set by a British man in 2003. Rayne said the feat was done by…

Residents of a Pennsylvania neighborhood decided to decorate a pothole in the road with a Christmas tree because they were tired of waiting for it to be repaired. Marietta Spak was getting Christmas decorations out of the attic and thought some of left over holiday items might look good in the pothole.…