The third in our series on the Songs of Christmas is maybe the most recognizable of them all: Mary’s Magnificat. This is found in Luke 1:46-55 and is the song of praise uttered by the virgin Mary very shortly after arriving at the house of her relative Elizabeth. ...
As the holidays grow closer, I find that I’ve been spending more time online as I look for the perfect gift for my friends and family. In turn, I have been getting very specific, targeted ads from various companies on my social media profiles. With more and more...
When I was a little girl in Sunday School class, my teachers often passed out “WWJD” bracelets. My friends and I wore them proudly, though they were way too big, and even as we got older, we would ask each other, “WWJD?” Sometimes we were joking, as...
Matthew chapter five opens with a list known as the Beatitudes. Those verses share with us the principles of living lives pleasing to God and they are markedly different from what our culture tells us we should be. These traits are things like meekness, mercy,...
I finally put up my Christmas tree this past weekend! If you know me, you know that waiting until after Thanksgiving is a big deal for me. Typically, my tree goes up the day after Halloween! I look forward to Christmas all year, and when the season finally comes...
When you think about Christmas songs, what comes to mind? “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” or maybe “Silent Night” might be commonly recalled. This series is not about those songs. It is about the songs sung by people inside of the narrative of Christ’s birth. ...
