Christmas is a time to reflect, a time to share and make memories with family and friends, and a time to rejoice in all the traditions our church does in the holidays. For me, some of my best church family memories revolve on the sixteen-plus years Jim and I were involved with the...
My favorite things about Christmas are the memories and miracles of Christmases past. Christmas has always been a very special time of year for our family. My late husband, Ken and l were blessed to have two daughters—both born in December. For us, there was no better gift than...
Steve and I are so greatly blessed with precious memories of our son, Jason every time we see rays from heaven. When Jason was little, he always said that when rays are streaming down, someone is going to heaven. He would call me and say, “Someone is going to heaven. I saw the...
When I was a young girl, my family made an annual pilgrimage to Nashville for Christmas shopping. Being from a very small town, I had never seen a department store let alone one with an escalator, carousel horses and live monkeys! There were even parades inside the store. Everywhere I...
Editor's Note: Today's devotion contains excerpts from And It Was Good, a book by perhaps our favorite author of all time, Madeleine L'Engle, and featuring one of our favorite and most overlooked Bible stories. May it bring comfort and refreshment to you as we near the end of this...
My favorite thing about Christmas has always been the movies, and my favorite Christmas movie, hands down, is A Christmas Story. As anyone who has known me for more than five minutes probably knows, one of the main reasons is that it was written about my childhood hometown. Author Jean...
A tapping foot. Glistening eyes holding back tears of remembrance. A warm smile that often stretches from ear to ear. A cupped hand behind an ear to better capture sound. Moving lips that may or may not emit a sound. Gentle or enthusiastic clapping. These are a few of my favorite things...
My favorite thing at Christmas is Christmas music. Since I was a little girl, I have been in love with all of the music. My tastes have changed over the years, but I still love most all of the songs of Christmas. When I was young, our mom had one of those huge console stereos with a...
