By Victor Knowles Being a shepherd was probably a fairly grim slog. Bethlehem was not Rome. Sheep are somewhat dense and have a tendency to go astray. Tending sheep could be a bore and a chore. So the shepherds who were keeping watch over their flocks that night had no particular reason to be joyful. […]
By Danny R. Von Kanel Christmas—it’s the magical holiday that radiates joy and goodwill every December. But yet, because of commercialization and our hectic lifestyles, the holiday has become a burden instead of a blessing to many. Give your Christmas renewed meaning using the following ideas to bring the spark back to your celebration […]
By Sue Tornai After the Cherub Choir’s dress rehearsal, I headed over to the nursery to pick up my 2-year-old son, Jason. Some parents were picking up their kids and others were dropping theirs off for the evening. It was dinnertime for the children, and the aroma of tomato meat sauce and spaghetti sparked my […]
By Steven Clark Goad Somehow I’ve managed to avoid the worship wars that have raged over the years. I’ve missed whether to have contemporary songs flashed on the wall by PowerPoint or hunker down with more traditional assemblies. (What is a contemporary song anyway? Weren’t all songs contemporary when they were first presented? But […]
Whether you are making a joyful noise or treasuring up all these things in your heart, I hope you find new aspects of God to worship and find special ways to offer that worship to him. Although he is present anytime and any place, take care to set aside special focused attention and reverence to […]
