Wednesday, December 26, 2018

“Peace on earth.” Words we see and hear at Christmastime, on cards, in carols–I even saw it on a public school sign yesterday! Peace on earth is something we all hope for and strive for, but few of us achieve. Worry keeps us from being at peace, as...

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Silent Night is a quiet but powerful hymn. It is symbolic of Jesus Himself, who came as an innocent, gentle Babe, and who bore, during his earthly lifetime, an attitude of gentleness, forgiveness and love for all people. God is not a God of hate, nor a Lord who...

Monday, December 24, 2018

It’s easy to be cynical, to look only for the worst in people and in the world. You don’t have far to look: the nightly news is filled with bad news. But to focus only on the negative is to develop a hopeless world view and we do NOT live in a world with no hope. We...

Sunday, December 23, 2018

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (v. 2): “And ye, beneath a crushing load, whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way, with painful steps and slow, look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing: o rest beside the weary load and hear...

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing is more than just a song; it is an inspiring, triumphant anthem that declares the reason that Jesus came to earth as a man: We all make mistakes in life; some errors so grievous that we think we can never recover. And we all face the...