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Is there Rational Evidence for the Resurrection?
Some allege that the resurrection of Jesus was a hoax. We must decide whether there is a more plausible alternative than an actual physical, bodily resurrection. Much hangs on the answer.
...Beyond the Mistletoe
Christmas is not all, and only about green mistletoe, tasty pastries, and sweet fluffy calico cats. It is, I believe about two puzzling and paradoxical truths...
Hospitality for the Holidays
4 Simple Suggestions to Include Hospitality in your Christmas celebrations. Christmas is a time for hospitality; a time to open our homes and extend a warm welcome to friends and family. ...
Breathe! It's Thanksgiving
Breathing connects us and reminds us to be forever grateful for the gift of life in relationship with the Creator and with each other.
Stretching out Christmas
If you are like me, you are wishing that we could hold on to Christmas a little bit longer.
I don’t want to take the tree down or put away the decorations. Is it ok to sing Ch...
Memory and Hope
Memory and Hope are twin companions - at Christmas, as well as throughout our year - mingling the past with the future as we walk in the present.
An Advent List: 3 Ways to Practice LOVE
The celebration of Christmas is the celebration of God’s love.
Here are 3 suggestions to practice Love during the advent season.
Christmas in a Time of Numbers
At this particular time in history, we are inundated with numbers.
Over the past nine months, I have become exhausted by daily reports about the pandemic—new cases, deaths, hospitaliz...
An Advent List: 3 Ways to Practice JOY
If you are like me, then you have days when it is hard to be joyful. The pandemic has not made me feel joyful. Like hope and peace, we can choose to be joyful despite circumstances that ...
Shaken
This Christmas, as our normal celebrations are shaken, may we press in to know the one who came as a wee babe, lived and died for us, and who now can hold us when all around is shaking.
An Advent List: 3 Ways to Practice PEACE
Peace. It can be hard to feel peace when the world around us is in such turmoil and uncertainty, but God wants us to experience his peace.
Here are 3 suggestions to practice Peace du...
An Advent List: 3 Ways to Practice HOPE
Christmas will look different this year, but our Christmas celebrations can still be filled with hope, peace, joy, love.
Here are 3 suggestions to practice Hope during the adve...