Psalm 81:2 New International Version (NIV) 2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel,     play the melodious harp and lyre. It is the season of Christmas music. For some men, we endure it. For others, they enjoy it. It brings joy into hearts when we enter in and allow our...

Do you remember the favorite gift you received as a child?  Maybe it was a present you had been wanting for a long while, or maybe even something better than you had hoped for.  I recall several different things through the years, but none really stand out as a...

I'll admit, I'm not that into Christmas music. There are some Christmas songs I love, and others I could survive without (looking at you Mariah Carey!). One of the songs on my naughty list is We Three Kings of Orient Are. I'm a stickler for biblical and historical...

Matthew 2:2 New International Version (NIV) 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” We call the men from the East, 'Wise Men' or Magi, which refers to a group of scholars who study...

How often do you equate what God is doing in your life, how He answers your prayers, with whether He loves you or not?  I think that is an understandably common feeling.  I want to take a moment to assure you, that God shows His love by not responding when and how we...

Now that we are less than three weeks away from Christmas, we should start to see some familiar things in the streets and stores around where we live.  I was driving across town yesterday and noticed a blow-up Santa Mickey Mouse where there was a giant turkey a week...