A Breakfast Serenade
For 27 years, Ray and I have enjoyed the music our son John creates from the guitar he received for Christmas 27 years ago. We cherish the memory of the moments we relished yesterday while he serenaded his mom and…
Category Our Savior
As the Baby Jesus Grew Up
Most years during the Christmas/New Year season, I remind everyone of the words to “Once in Royal David’s City,” one of my favorite Christmas carols. English hymnwriter Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander published this song in 1848 in Hymns for Little…
Good News of Great Joy
Virgin and Child, c. 1600 Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp) Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped…
Jesus Came as a Child and Taught Us the Value of Children
Jesus began His life on earth as a baby in His mother’s womb. As the angel told her: And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. Luke 1:31 In the…
A Gift from the God Who Is Love
An astounding thing happened just over 2000 years ago. Our Father sent His only Son away from the wonder and majesty and safety of heaven to the earth He had created. The Nativity, painted enamel on gold, c. 1650, French…
Jesus and the World He Made
I am grateful for this season when we think about God sending Jesus into the world. I recently shared about the connections between Thanksgiving and the seven days of Creation. Think about Jesus being with God at Creation and then…