Devotionals on Christmas

The Pink Tarantula

Whatever overflows our hearts spills out of our mouths.

Favored and Blessed

Unarguably, being Mother to the Son of God is a tremendous honor and blessing. However, Mary did not live a charmed life. Her blessing led to her...

The Gift Exchange

I struggled with the commercialism of Christmas. I read emails about Jesus being disappointed because no one gave Him gifts or paid Him any attention...

Restrained Glory

What astounds me most is the fact that the God of the universe, creator of heaven and earth, subjected himself to the limitations of human...

Christmas and Our Fears

The message to not be afraid to take Mary home as his wife was very important. Apparently, Joseph experienced fear about what was happening. And why...

Tidings of Great Joy

For several years in her youth, Brooke was cast as Mary in the church Nativity drama. She remembers being able to see three crosses from a...

Christmas Clues

Our young son Greg was imaginative and very creative; so each Christmas morning when we gathered around the tree, he gave at least one gift to a...

The Directions

Failure to read the instructions cost us several hours of sleep and caused a great deal of unnecessary stress; much like when I fail to read God’s...

Grace and Mercy

It was Christmas Eve 1914, on the western front, where British and German forces faced each other in fierce fighting. A British soldier who was...

Joy to the World!

As one of the most joyous of all Christmas hymns, this carol omits references to shepherds, angelic choruses, and wise men. It emphasizes instead the...