Articles on Christmas

Holidays and Drinking: Too Much Cheer?

Holiday celebrations can stir recovering alcoholics to drop their guard and have a drink. Planning ahead helps prevent relapse.

Mom and daughter decorating the Christmas tree

Putting Joy Back in Christmas

Dr. Linda Mintle has some tips for you -- if you're feeling more "bah humbug" than joyful this season.

A Child is Born... and Hope Lives

This morning, my wife and I attended our son’s first grade “Holiday Show.” Because he attends a public school, the play couldn’t be called a...

Wide-Eyed with Wonder

I remember the Christmases of my childhood. Our neighborhood turned into a sea of Christmas lights and decorations, and we would drive around to see...

A Concert To Remember

The life of a shepherd was 24/7. Sheep all day and all night. A baa baa here, a baa baa there everywhere a baa, baa. You get the picture. It was also...

The Advent Conspiracy

In 2006, pastors Rick McKinley, Chris Seay, and Greg Holder had a vision to revitalize the celebration of Christmas in their churches. They found two...

Discover Jesus This Advent

If you struggle to esteem yourself as God does then lift up your head with the shepherds and let the Lord honor you with the gift of Christmas.

Miracle in the Storm

Christmas 1967 might have been a delightful but ordinary time except for one thing. Mother and Daddy drove from Alabama to Massachusetts to spend the...