Christmas Carol Messages: O Come All Ye Faithful Christmas is a time of coming together. Families reunite around a Christmas tree and a tabletop laden with holiday treats. Church congregations join in celebrating with candle-lit services. Communities come...
Christmas Carol Messages: Angels From the Realms of Glory Angelology—the study of angels—is more popular than ever. Yet, there are more misconceptions about angels today than ever before. You’ve probably seen photos of baby cherubs wearing a diaper and carrying...
Christmas Carol Messages: "O Little Town of Bethlehem" What was so special about Bethlehem? Of all the towns in ancient Israel, why did God the Father choose Bethlehem as the birthplace of His Son? When we sing of the little town of Bethlehem, we’re often...
Christmas Carol Messages: "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus" Many leaders have founded religions based on claims they received a message from God. So how do we know the message of Jesus Christ is the only valid and anointed way to God? What about the messages of...
A Treasury of Thanksgiving Quotes Celebrate your gratitude beyond Thanksgiving Day with this collection of my favorite thanksgiving quotes! Which one is your favorite? "We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and...
A Heart for Hospitality: Bless or Impress? The articles and blog posts are already flooding magazines and websites. And if I see one more magazine spread on how to host the perfect Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner party, I may scream. The seasonal articles and...
Bearing Each Other’s Burdens Without Enabling The season of giving has begun. Giving thanks. Giving gifts. And giving time and energy. Some say giving shouldn’t be limited to a range of dates on the calendar. The spirit of giving should last all year long....
Care & Compassion in a Dog-Eat-Dog World “Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” Great advice. But in our culture of sound bites and 280-character tweets, caring has often deteriorated to posting platitudes and memes on social...
Hot Buttons We all have them. Hot buttons. Sore spots, tender to even a verbal touch. When poked, these sore spots provoke us to instinctive reactions. They spring from feeling challenged or irritated. Hot buttons leave us vulnerable to being provoked. And if...
Six Steps to Speaking the Truth in Love Ever been attacked by someone who wields truth like a club? I have. And ouch, did it ever hurt! Or maybe you recall the childhood rhyme, “Liar, liar, pants on fire.” Do you remember chanting that childhood accusation at...
Does the World Know What We Are Against or For? The Christian community has taken a stand on the issue of...
The Danger of Shortcuts As the new year stretches before us, once again I’m looking for shortcuts to make life...
Embrace What God Allows I almost titled this post, “Embrace the Unembraceable.” When I landed on embrace as my...