Tag: Christmas
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The 6 Big Q & A’s About Christmas
Was Jesus actually born on December 25? How does Santa fit into things? Is my nativity scene correct? Each year I get several questions about the curiosities of Christmas. Why? Well, I’m a pastor and this is a big religious holiday for many of us. But it has also morphed into a wider cultural celebration about “giving,”…
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Courage (A Christmas Day Message)
It’s Christmas Day. A baby cries. It will not be the last time. A mother is tired. It will not be the last time. Hope muscles her way through the naysayers to the edge of a ledge in the dark and prepares to fly. In response to the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster in 1986, Ronald…
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Jesus Without Tinsel (A 7-Year-Old Doesn’t Get a Christmas Tree)
In 1939 Eugene was 7 years old. And his mother decided they would not get a Christmas tree. She was a woman of conviction and had seen a passage from the biblical book of Jeremiah in a new way: “Learn not the way of the nations… for the customs of the people are false. A tree from…
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Making Christmas Meaningful
Christmas is like water. It can be a great source of nourishment—but it can also drown you. The beauty can be eclipsed by a distracted extravagance we can’t afford. So here are 12 ideas to help make Christmas more meaningful for you and your family. (FYI, I’ve borrowed many of these ideas from friends and…
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If You Make It About Presents, Guess What?
I think we all want Christmas to be awesome. Filled with awe. And as I drive through the neighbourhoods and see multi-coloured lights going up as the snow comes down in beautiful slow motion, anticipation builds. And it’s a strange time. For many people this season is quite sad, especially as they think of loved…
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The Problem With Christmas (and the promise)
“We should get out of Christmas.” That’s what a very devout friend of mine recently said. She meant that we should just stop the whole candy-cane-wrapped production because by playing the game we are often a part of the problem. What problem? That the happy-face-tinsel-festival eclipses the Messiah in a manger. There are a lot…
