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Love Born In A Stable
I wrote a Christmas song a few years ago called “Saviour Of The World”. I sat at my piano and mentally placed myself in the Christmas story; I wondered what if would feel like to be waiting the arrival of the Messiah – I could smell the stable, hear the people scurrying around waiting for…
Read MoreUnexpected Joy
I was recently on my way to a last-minute workout when I noticed drivers ahead acting erratically at a crosswalk. A mother was in the middle of the road stopping cars, desperate for cash to feed her kids. Forget Christmas, the next day for her family was not looking hopeful. It is a place I…
Read MoreTidings of Comfort and Joy
As I walk in and out of the busy malls and parking lots during this season, I am surrounded with the beautiful sights and sounds of Christmas. Like so many of You, I absolutely love this time of year. Just the sound of carols in the air -everywhere you go- singing about Joy, Hope &…
Read MoreReal Peace
My most memorable childhood Christmas’ was on the mission field in Congo. Our family of seven kids had recently settled in our dilapidated house, the best in the area. Although doors were finally hinged and pillowcase curtains covered windows, cracks in the foundation and gaping holes in the ceiling often let in unwelcome creatures. With…
Read MorePeace Is A Dynamic Harmony
Peace isn’t just a ceasefire or a moratorium from conflict—political or relational. It’s not just a tenuous armistice between opposing factions, uncertain and fragile. When people argue, we can’t say that there’s peace if they stop communicating in order not to fight. Parents don’t want their kids to just not fight with their siblings but…
Read MoreThe Power of Hope
Earlier this year the world watched an extraordinary mission to rescue 12 Thai boys and their coach, trapped in a cave in northern Thailand. It was a roller coaster of emotions as conditions worsened, the best rescue route proved challenging, a rescuer died, and the potential to bring them out safely seemed impossible. Before long…
Read MoreHope Was In The Air
Co-Host Brooke reminds us that GOD gives us HOPE in our hopelessness .. and she brings us back to the Christmas story where HOPE was in the air that night .. when Jesus was born!
Read MoreHope Has A Name
I love the feeling of the Christmas season. In the midst of the darkening days and the breath-catching cold outside- we can’t help but feel that the season is a bit…hopeful. Hope for better days ahead, for time with family and friends, for not just surviving but actually THRIVING in the winter season. This hope…
Read MoreTaking Down Giants
You only need to watch nature at work to be reminded that God can use things that seem insignificant to accomplish great things. Termite colonies can spring up overnight and cause tremendous damage as they sculpt incredible gothic structures from clay. As a missionary child in Africa, I woke one morning to find one halfway…
Read MoreOvercoming Is In Our Spiritual DNA
Overcoming is in the spiritual DNA of God’s people. From the moment that Adam and Eve were exiled out of the Garden of Eden, there was toil and suffering but there was also the promise of victory. God’s children will overcome in the end. When you read the great narratives of the Bible—the Old Testament…
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