“Redeeming the Meaning of Christmas… Have you discovered that Jesus sometimes gets lost in the middle of the hustle and bustle of His birthday party? Would you like to be able keep your children’s focus on Jesus and be able to join them in the wonder of the celebration?” The ADVENT...
In this story, Fiona is excited to celebrate her first Christmas at the zoo and is learning what Christmas is all about. When a new animal, who is scared and lonely, arrives just before Christmas, Fiona learns that the true meaning of Christmas includes helping and showing love to others. ...
‘wonder’ about what they have heard and seen. Their learning is not directed, and the Storyteller trusts that God is at work in their minds as they ponder these open-ended questions and make meaning out of mystery.Godly Playbecame the inspiration behindI Wonder. Each of the thirty stories...
John Lennon, Roy Wood and Johnny Cash. Okay, let’s break that down, a Beatle, a pub rocker, the guy who invented Electric Light Orchestra out of The Move only to leave and start Roy Wood’s Wizard and pull in some Fifties music as well...
I kept meaning to post about it here, but time was just too poorly managed on my part. I can say that with complete honesty. I slept like crap these last 8 weeks and it just got worse 3 weeks ago thanks to work looking into cutting back on it spending. At first it wasn’t about...
However, it was initially the 10th month of the Roman calendar (until 153BC). Hence, “December” comes from the Latindecem, meaning “ten.” Read Next Christmas Day 2025: Why Is Christmas on December 25? The Month of October 2025: Holidays, Fun Facts, Folklore ...
In his eloquently probing book Gentle and Lowly, Dane Ortlund asks, “What’s the meaning of everything? What’s the aim…for our small, ordinary lives?” He goes on to describe the fulfillment that comes from living to glorify God and observes “[h]ow exhausting is the misery of self...
What they don’t realize is that the items that they use to complete the outside of the gift have more meaning than the actual gift inside. The bow ties our present with a beautiful ribbon, just as Jesus ties us as Christians together in His love. We may not be in the same family,...
In The Legend of the Easter Egg, young Thomas learns the deeper meaning behind Easter eggs and the Easter story itself. When his older sister, Lucy, falls sick, Thomas goes to stay with John and Mary Sonneman at their candy store. But all the candy he could desire does not cure Thomas...
The title is the omitted detail that makes the lyric's meaning fall into place; the melody is as severe and formal as a nun's cloth, but the arrangement is interested in an entirely different Jesus and Mary. The escalating fantasies of each verse have little circumstantial barbs built into...