Christmas and Advent

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  How to Celebrate in the Midst of Your Despair A life of celebration is part of God’s plan. He created us to taste joy not only during Christmas but each day that follows, too. Janet Perez Eckles Dec 20, 2016
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  How Did the Wise Men Know to Follow the Star? I'd love to understand more about the Magi and the star--what made them think this star would lead them to a king? Dr. Roger Barrier Dec 20, 2016
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  A Prayer for Those Spending Christmas without Their Kids I am humbled in gratefulness and moved by the Spirit to pray for parents whose innocent Christmas joy is absent this year. Megs Dec 20, 2016
• A Prayer for Those Who Cannot Afford Gifts This Christmas God promises eternal life in exchange for accepting His Son as our Savior. He doesn’t promise us a life of luxury and ease. Meg Bucher Dec 19, 2016
• Why Do We All Forget about Gluttony at Christmas? Does Christmas—or any holiday for that matter—give us an excuse to sin? Dawn Wilson Dec 19, 2016
• Silent Night? The Only Peaceful Part of the Story is Jesus It was the perfect scene, calm and serene, not a worry or a care. At least, that’s how we want to imagine the first Christmas. But let’s take a deeper look... Dec 19, 2016
• When the Most Wonderful Time of the Year is a Mess As Christians, what should we do when this time of year turns into a stressful, worn-out mess? Amy Green Dec 19, 2016
• A Prayer for When Christmas Has Lost its Sparkle You know that Christmas should be spiritually significant, but your emotions are crowded out by material excess and a to-do list a mile long. Kelly O'Dell Stanley Dec 19, 2016
• 10 Ways to be a Christian this Christmas Whether you love the holiday season or just wish it were over, God still calls us to act Christianly this Christmas. Here are 10 ways to do just that. Kevin DeYoung Dec 15, 2016
• Because of Bethlehem There is Hope Out of chaos, Christ came. In spite of, and out of, the pandemonium, Christ came. Max Lucado Dec 15, 2016
• 6 Helpful Ways to Respond to Hard Conversations over the Holidays I think some of the best and hardest work God calls us to do is to love other people. Lisa-Jo Baker Dec 15, 2016
• 3 Ideas to Help Those Who are Sad at Christmas We’ve been fooled into thinking that our happiness at Christmas is to do with the things we have, rather than the people we are with. Tim Thornborough Dec 15, 2016