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    The Christmas Crisis
    Wednesday, December 9th, 2015     Start the Conversation

    The young couple was poor, and their little backwoods town scorned. Yet they have been remembered and their story told for centuries. Through such as they, God can work his mighty plans. So, the angel Gabriel went to Nazareth to tell a virgin that God had chosen her to bear the long-awaited Messiah into the world. He would be called Emmanual--which means "God with us"! For the child to be born was truly God, the… Read More

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    Christmas Lights in the Darkness
    Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015     Start the Conversation

    With winter drawing near, days grow shorter and driving home means picking my way down our long, dark country road in the snow. Familiar houses become shadows. Trees and bushes blur into misshapen patches of black. Until something magical takes place ... Our neighborhood gets busy decorating. Christmas lights appear on bushes and trees, around windows and within wreaths on doors. More lights festoon the eaves of our houses. Some neighbors include outdoor creches where… Read More

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    The Story of Thanksgiving Day
    Wednesday, November 25th, 2015     4 Comments

    Crossing the Atlantic, most of the 102 passengers aboard the tiny Mayflower suffered severely from sea sickness. As they finally sighted Cape Cod on November 9, 1620 with only one death among them, they fell to their knees and thanked God who brought them "over the fast and furious ocean ... and a sea of troubles." The storm-tossed waters prevented them from sailing south to the Virginian colony, their intended destination. Yet they believed God… Read More

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    Thanksgiving Living
    Wednesday, November 18th, 2015     2 Comments

    On Thanksgiving Day in 1942, Dorothy was a beautiful, twenty-four-year-old bride. Over the years that followed, she and her husband raised seven children. They's didn't have much money, but they provided a home filled with faith in God. Every Sunday they took their children to church. Every school year, they made room in their budget to send those children to Christian school. Every evening her children could find her on her knees at her bedside,… Read More

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