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The clock in the hallway sounded 12 times; midnight, Christmas Eve. Playing softly through the speakers mounted above the nurses’ station Christmas music filtered into those rooms with open doors. The older lady sat in her chair by the window. A thick comforter wrapped around her frail frame. Colors flashed and spun along the walls [...]
“You cannot show the preciousness of a person by being happy with his gifts…. What proves that the giver is precious is the glad-hearted readiness to leave all his gifts to be with him.” – John Piper (from Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, p. 109) Christmas has always filled me with a sort of [...]
As I write this newsletter, we are just two weeks away from Christmas and what is suppose to be a time of great joy and celebration. Unfortunately, there are many who find themselves anxious, stressed and even depressed during this time of year. Who are these people you ask? Some are your friends, your family [...]
It was nearly Christmas. The Christmas tree lot was filled with shoppers. And just down the street from it lived a family in a small bungalow. The family included a young boy named Timmy, his baby brother, Mark, and their father and mother, Jim and Mary Andrews. Since birth, Timmy’s legs never developed correctly and [...]
A sad feeling settled over the little crooked pine as he watched the last shopper leave the Christmas tree lot. He began to think back to the years he had spent at the edge of the forest. He remembered how excited he had been in telling the nearby trees of his dream – how some [...]
Christmas is a time of renewal. A time when the best in humanity is called forth amid the safety of traditions. A time when it feels good to give, when grievances are abolished, when Heaven comes to Earth for a moment. We tend to think of Christmas as a time for children, but what if [...]