Christmas: A time to reflect on God's presence, promise, and provision
In Jesus, we have the mind of God thinking, the heart of God beating, the hands of God reaching and the feet of God walking. He is the one who was promised from long ago.
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How do we know the Christmas story is true?
As I write these words, Christmas morning is just a few hours away. In the U.S., Christmas is making something of a comeback. Where I live here in Middle Tennessee, the “Merry Christmas” signs and greetings outnumber “Happy Holidays” signs by a seemingly ever-widening margin.
Unsettling Advent, Day 27
In day 18 of our Unsettling Advent devotional series, Word&Way Editor-in-Chief Brian Kaylor reflects on the news of a camel escaping from a live nativity in Kansas.
Facing an impossible Christmas
This Christmas many are facing mountains of impossibility such as addiction, financial hardship, broken relationships, and so much more. But, the Holy Spirit is always at work. Even when we don’t see him, we can be assured that the Holy Spirit is still working.
Christmas spirit: I can't shake this boy's selflessness
As I reflected on this story after the event, I was so moved by this little boy’s self-sacrifice that I couldn’t shake it.
Ask Chuck: Less stuff, more Christ in Christmas
Dear Chuck, I am weary of the commercialization of Christmas. My family is hosting Christmas this year, and I want to prioritize the real meaning of our celebration, not money or stuff. I long to simply focus on the birth of Christ. How can I do that when friends and family expect more?
Christmas with the presidents
Reagan pointed out on December 24, 1983, “Some celebrate Christmas as the birthday of a great teacher and philosopher. But to other millions of us, Jesus is much more. He is divine, living assurance that God so loved the world He gave us His only begotten Son so that by believing in Him and learning to love each other we could one day be together in paradise.”
A Christmas invitation from Christ
Our minds review the year over, taking inventory on accomplishments and making promises for the new year — all in an effort to live better, do better, be better.
Scrooge and overpopulation
Dickens did not take the revolutionary route that Marx and Engels did.
Unsettling Advent, Day 26
In day 26 of our Unsettling Advent devotional series, Voices Editor Jeremy Fuzy reflects on canceled Christmas plans due to Omicron and the teaching to love your neighbor as yourself.
