The lyrical life of the Nazarene
By Michael Card– The Nazarene had come to live The life of everyman And He felt the fascination Of the stars And as He wandered thru this weary world He wondered and He wept For there were so few Who’d listen to His call? He came He saw He
How well do you know your Christmas carols?
What was that certain kind of sleigh? Or the gift from my one true love? Or the prettiest sight to see? Test your Christmas carols trivia in this 10-question quiz. Complete the quiz to discover the correct answers! Loading… Bonus Here’s another one for you: Did
Here’s all you need to live life differently this Advent
I don’t know about you, but in the middle of a pandemic, with four kids engaged in distance learning at home and a full work schedule during an already busy season, I find I’m unusually overwhelmed, tired, anxious and feeling
How to have an unhurried approach to Advent for families
Advent is about anticipation, excitement and readying yourself for the coming of Jesus. In modern days, however, it’s become a crazed, commercial frenzy—often beginning before the pumpkins are gone. The reality is—we live, breathe and raise our families in a day
Breathe and experience the wonder
“I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One” (Rev. 1:8 NLT). Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe
You owe me, God
“How’s Tim?” would be my anxious, recurring question to my wife Win in those calls from overseas. The first signs of my son’s Crohn’s disease (an inflammatory bowel disease with no known cause and no known cure) had appeared in
6 simple ways to teach your kids about giving
“I want…” These words are among the first that many children speak when they’re learning to put sentences together. Even in toddlerhood, we are in tune with the concept of wanting things. Giving, on the other hand, can be a bit
Give thanks in all circumstances?
A pastoral word on how to find gratitude, joy in the suffering Gratitude is a concept we’re well familiar with and have plenty of information about, including some 196 million Google search results. But what does it really mean to be
Is anger an appropriate response to power?
Establishing rules and policies, setting agendas, hearing grievances and settling disputes are all proper roles of those in leadership. However, the choices of those in power and their reaction to your concerns may have both disappointed you and made you
My pain was not the end of the story
By the time Martin Luther found himself sequestered in Wartburg Castle, he had sparked the religious movement we’ve now come to know as the Protestant Reformation. But in the years before the Reformation, before the councils and debates and disputations,
Studying Human Hearts: Kindness
A Scripture study from Caring, part four of four. Read part three. Kindness is more than being nice. It’s great to do nice things for people, and that’s certainly part of being kind. But kindness tends to cover a broad range of
How to examine your anxiety, and why
The interior examination of anxiety is a powerful practice to engage in. To be anxious is to be human. But to be regularly shaped by anxiety diminishes our humanity. Therapist and pastor Peter Steinke noted two types of anxiety: acute