Thankfully, we've torn off the last page of the 2020 calendar and 2021 lies before us. Will the new year be a reprieve from the chaos of the past 12 months, or will it be more of the same? We don't know about that. But what we do know is that King Jesus still reigns, …
Tonight we say goodbye to 2020. If we look carefully, each of us can find blessings bestowed upon us in 2020. We should cherish those and praise God for the bright spots in an otherwise difficult year. Looking for something to do on New Year's Eve while being cooped up at home? How about creating …
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Merry Christmas! As we celebrate the birth of the Christ child, let's consider the eye witnesses to the spectacular event. When the angel, Gabriel, appeared to a young teenage virgin, he announced, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!” (Luke 1:28) Initially Mary must have been taken aback, …
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When our tour groups go to Israel, we always make a stop in or near Bethlehem to look out over the Shepherd's Fields. It is from that vantage point our mind's eye fills with the vision of that supernatural night when Christ Jesus was born. There is something very moving about reading the Luke 2 …
