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Safe for Christmas

It’s the first Sunday in Advent, and our thoughts turn to Christmas. Everyone wants to feel safe for Christmas. But different folks define safe differently. Some feel safe when surrounded by friends and family. Others feel safe with fewer folks … Continue reading

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The Day After the Night Before

  Advent is over. Christmas has passed. How does that feel?   A let-down A respite A return to the routine Thank God. Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV) His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning.  

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At Home, At Last

“O come to my heart, Lord Jesus! There is room in my heart for Thee.” Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne Emily E. S. Elliott (1864)

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Dark and Light

Isaiah 9:2 (NIV) The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. Walk in the light!

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Asleep or Awake

“Stir our hearts, we beseech you, to prepare ourselves to receive your Son. When he comes and knocks, may he find us not sleeping in sin, but awake to righteousness, ceaselessly rejoicing in his love. May our hearts and minds … Continue reading

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Noisy and Quiet

Christmas chaos and clamor getting you down? It’s been more than 400 years, and Martin Luther’s words still whisper through the noise. “Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child, Make Thee a bed, soft, undefiled Within my heart, that it may be … Continue reading

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To and From

You’ve got your lists, and you’re checking them twice. Who gave you what, who still to buy for. Here’s the real from and to of Christmas: 1 John 4:14 (NIV) The Father has sent his Son to be the Savior … Continue reading

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God and Man

“Jesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again.” George Whitefield (1714-1777)

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Good and Bad

No room in the inn, Herod’s plan to kill the baby boys—bad things happened to Mary, Joseph and the holy Child. Why would you expect only good things to come to you? Remember what Jesus said: John 16:33 (NIV) In … Continue reading

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Great and Small

“Your mercy reaches from the heavens, through the clouds, to the earth below. You have come to us as a small child, but you have brought us the greatest of all gifts, the gift of eternal love.” Bernard of Clairvaux … Continue reading

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