2016 is not yet here—but it is coming! A year for HOPE. I barely have my tree up–and my heart is already looking at 2016. I know. Stay in the present…but I find it hard sometimes. I keep straining to peek into 2016. Before the New Year gets here, I wanted to…
Read moreFor unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude…
Read moreThis year, Dec. 6-Dec. 14 is Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Chanukah was one of my favorite times growing up. Playing dreidel games! Eating potato latkes! Eight nights of presents! Lighting the Chanukah candles! As the eldest child in my family, I lit the menorah candles. First, we…
Read more“How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is give.” There is no question that He came, this wondrous gift. Reliable witnesses tell us Jesus lived on this earth over two thousand years ago. For years He quietly worked at the trade his earthly father taught him. At the age…
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