Marty Machowski has a new devo ready for my family (and potentially yours!) to work through this holiday season. The Light Before Christmas is his latest from New Growth Press, and serves as a concise, easy to use devotional book that will walk through the entire Advent season one week at a time.
Read MoreThe renewal and purification of these traditions—the way in which they have been changed to highlight God’s glory—makes them all-the-more-beautiful pictures of redemption. They are now means through which we can honor God.
Read MoreThere’s no shortage of Advent resources for families to discover each year. This year, our friend Champ Thornton put together a great resource for parents to walk through with their kids. Check out our review to see if it’s a good fit for your family.
Read MoreDoes your local church or family have a devotional path that you walk each Advent season? If not, take advantage of this holiday season to build new discipleship habits. Here’s a list of resources that can help.
Read MoreIt was Christmas—time to decorate! Down came boxes of ornaments, the gift bags and bows, the lights and wreaths. But one box brought instant stress. This box overflowed with my attempts to adopt other people’s traditions.
Read MoreToys and games are great, but the best gifts from God, because they last a lifetime and beyond.
Read MoreWe hate to admit it, but after years, sometimes even decades, of reading the same Luke 2 story of Christmas, we get a little bored—we lose some of the awe we ought to have when discussing the greatest miracle in history.
Read MoreOur family advent tradition, the Jesse Tree, focuses on tracing the storyline of God’s family from Creation to the cross.
Read MoreChristmastime is here. Bring on the blitz of traditions and travels, wants and wishes. With so many things trying to get in, sometimes it seems like nothing succeeds and Christmastime is empty instead of full.
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