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Where is the Joy?
I love Christmas! Everything about it. Even though, for me, the joy-filled December days of childhood when we were busily making gifts at school, baking cookies at home, shopping at Woolworths for sibling’s gifts, and learning songs for Christmas programs are long ago gone. Now I’m a grandma. Over the years my own children grew…
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Silent Nativities
If you go to my sister’s house at Christmas, you’ll see nativities everywhere! Her love for nativity scenes has led her to collect quite an assortment, featuring a variety of ethnicities, cartoon characters, whimsical figures…you name it! Maybe you have a cherished nativity at your house. Maybe you’re even fortunate to live in a city…
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Yet You Came!
Father God, before You ever created the world, You knew that man would sin. When there was yet not one created being here on Earth, You knew that as time would unfold, sin would rob man of the abundant life You had purposed for him. Yet this knowing didn’t stop You from allowing your…
