Seasonal & Holidays

Celebrate each season through Christ-centered articles that focus on the hope, joy, and truth of Jesus during holidays and special times throughout the year.

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    Cultivating Calm Among the Christmas Chaos

    Whoooosh! A cold breeze blows by and bites the skin with a bitter, rushing reminder; it’s the season of cluttered calendars followed by scrambling steps just trying to keep up. There’s a stream of shoppers scurrying with frantic concern to check off a list that is only growing longer. The inbox and mailbox multiply with…

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    A New Life

    This week my heart has been heavy and burdened with unbearable pain for my sister and brother-in-law as they grieve the loss of their baby. I don’t know how parents endure such anguish; I have been so distraught for words. This tragedy fell on the same week we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus;…

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    The Sun & The Moon

    Last night I asked the Lord to shower me with His affections, to drown me in His undying love, to saturate my heart. Let this daughter not go unnoticed on this day. In my rest, I received a vision of the sun. Its radiance was in noble tints and tones, opulent oranges, glittering yellows, elegant…

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    An Angel I Have Heard On High

    Last night I attended a benefit concert to help raise money for affordable music education for children in poverty. I had been feeling a bit down about the Christmas season; there were just some heavy things on my heart. So when a girlfriend asked for a little ‘QT’ at the concert, my spirit lifted a…