What is Advent? Is it in the Bible? How do church traditions during Advent season relate to the calendar full of treats we open every day leading to Christmas?
Trials, pain, and sadness are very real things in this world, often rearing their ugly head during the advent season. As we face the issues brought about by these ‘challenges,’ Jesus makes us a [...]
Christmas music on the radio, movies on television, lights on houses, and delicious cookies baking in the oven. These have commonly become the sights, sounds, and smells of this season; but are [...]
Advent is a supposed to be a season full of peace and good will as we celebrate the savior’s physical arrival into this world. So why instead are we often bombarded with feelings of pressure and [...]
Join Rick and Becky this week as they look at the traditions of advent and relate them back to the incarnation of Jesus Christ. We'll ZOOM in on the principles of advent and help you pay [...]
We've heard it said before: if we don't schedule the things that are important to us, they won't happen. This adage applies to the Christmas season as much as it does to regular workouts and [...]
Christmas crunch time has arrived. In fact, I’m a little shocked you’re reading this because I figured everyone would be busy with events and travel and last-minute errands. But here you are, so [...]
Note: We’re doing a 4-week Christmas challenge to center on Jesus. Learn more and join us here. Saying that we want to focus on Jesus during Christmas and actually doing it are two separate [...]
Every year it’s the same hopeful mantra…
This year, Christmas is going to be different—I’m going to find a way to slow down and focus on “the reason for the season.” I’ll find the time to [...]
Note: We’re doing a 4-week Christmas challenge to center on Jesus. Learn more and join us here. You've heard all the cliches before. You've maybe even spoken some of them. “Jesus is the reason [...]
During Christmas, I find myself wanting to figuratively "spell check" my kids' sense of what the season is all about. "You know," I begin, "Christmas is all about Jesus and not presents." "Of [...]
