Sunday Devotional: Philippians 2:7
But he emptied himself, by taking the form of a bondservant, by coming to be in the likeness of men, and by being found in form as a man. As our thoughts turn to the...
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Sunday Devotional: Luke 2:10
And the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for I proclaim good news to you, a great joy which is to be for all the people.” The night that Jesus was born,...
A Christmas FlashDogs Story: The Director’s Cut
Last Thursday, I submitted a story to the weekly FlashDogs challenge. Each week, the FlashDogs blog posts a picture prompt and a theme around which participants write flash stories. There’s a 2,000 character (a...
Links and Christmas Stuff
I don’t know about you, but I’m a fan of Christmas. A veritable Christmasphile. The lights, decorations, music, smells–even the cold weather. Clearly a big part of what I like about Christmas is what we,...
Music Monday: Long the Night
For our Christmas Music Monday, I want to present a little-known song of Ukrainian origin set to English words, and here sung by Hereford Cathedral Choir. According to the CD notes, Dr. Roy Massey (who...
Christmas Devotional: Joy to the World!
No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found. “Joy to the World” is a much-loved Christmas hymn,...
Music Monday: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Of course, on the Monday before Christmas I had to feature my favorite hymn of all time. Charles Wesley’s words put to an arrangement of Felix Mendelssohn’s tune by William H. Cummings. It is...
Music Monday: All Is Well
This has to be one of my favorite Christmas songs, from one of my favorite CDs. To me, Michael W. Smith’s 1989 “Christmas” album represents the man at his best. The guy’s made some...
Nikolaos, Bishop of Myra
You all probably know that “Santa Claus” or “Father Christmas” finds his origins in the legends of Nikolaos, bishop of Myra (a city in ancient Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey). He is commonly thought to...
Happy “Holidays”?
One of the most frustrating things to me about Christmas is the government/business/media insistence on replacing the word “Christmas” with “holiday.” I will grant that in some cases there is just cause for doing...
