Our Hospital Christmas ~ Melanie Gillchrist
We sit at our well-worn dining room table. In our cozy house with a tin roof. Friends often said it felt like a retreat house. It rang true to my soul; the rhythm of a Seattle rain could lull and calm even the most distracted hearts. This December night, the sounds of...
The Nativity Story~Amy Breitmann
The Nativity Story We stumbled upon the manger scene that December night. It was a live nativity in front of a small church. I was on the way home from a Christmas party with my two children, nine and six, who had jumped and played and eaten too much pizza,...
The Mystery of Christmas~Laura Boggess
“Sometimes seeing is believing. And sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.” –The Conductor on The Polar Express When I was in the fifth grade, Traci Knotts asked me if I believe in Santa Claus. I knew it was some kind of...
Sunday Bible Verse ~ The Lord is With You!
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are...
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