by Nathan Fox | Jan 2, 2024 | Christian Life, Christmas, Featured, Gospel, New Year
Anticipation. It’s an oft-used word this time of year, whether it is the blossoming excitement of a child opening up presents long settled under the tree or the hope of new beginnings by the turn of the calendar from one year to the next. Truly, I’ve yet to meet a...
by Jarrod Stillings | Dec 25, 2023 | Anxiety, Christmas, Featured
A college professor once asked, “Can you have the peace of God without having peace with God?” Christmas seems a poignant time to pose this question again. Amidst busy lives – work, food, family, gifts – a spirit of angst, turmoil, and frustration can fill the...
by Morgan Hall | Dec 18, 2023 | Christmas, Featured, Gospel, Joy
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on...
by Chelsea Barnwell | Dec 11, 2023 | Christmas, Featured, Theology, Together Through the Bible
In school, I remember history teachers telling me the importance of learning dates for significant events. One teacher compared key events/dates to fence posts. If you only have horizontal rails, your fence isn’t going to hold together. Certain key events have...
by Kent Gregory | Dec 27, 2021 | Christmas, Featured
In so many of our carols sung during this wonderful time of year, the word peace is mentioned quite often. We sing of, “peace on earth” and, “sleep in heavenly peace”, but the world that baby Jesus entered was far from peaceful. It was and still is a world...
by Nathan Fox | Dec 20, 2021 | Christmas, Family, Featured, Parenting
“Father” That word alone brings forth a variety of responses and emotions, largely of course depending on the quality of your relationship with your earthly father. For some, the word “father” stirs up in their minds memories of safety, security and strength as they...
