Desiring God blog reposted this entry from last year. It was written by Jon Bloom and gives great perspective on post-Christmas emotions.
Each year Christmas night finds members of my family feeling some melancholy. After weeks of anticipation, the Christmas celebrations have flashed by us and are suddenly gone. And we’re left standing, watching the Christmas [...]
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From Oliver North’s blog:
Washington, D.C. — It’s the “the holiday season” — the politically correct euphemism for this time of year when we’re supposed to demonstrate the “spirit of the season” by going shopping. We do this so that we can help retailers hit their year-end sales targets. Shopping, we are told, stimulates the economy [...]
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An excerpt from the blog pages of MaryBeth Chapman:
I have been impressed for quite some time now to write a letter to all of you who have been so present with us in prayer during these last several months as we have grieved and come to terms with the reality that Maria is gone from [...]
This excerpt is from R.C. Sproul’s blog. It is an excellent and well thought analysis of some issues surrounding the celebration of Christmas.
Every generation has its abundance of Scrooges. The church is full of them. We hear endless complaints of commercialism. We are constantly told to put Christ back into Christmas. We hear that the [...]
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One of our favorite traditions each year on Christmas Eve is when Dad/Grandpa reads the Christmas Story from Luke 2. As our gift to you, we share this video.
Merry Christmas!
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Mom shared a special treat with our family at her home on Christmas Eve 2008. I am posting it here to share it with you too!
Merry Christmas!
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I love watching these ads. The animated ones remind me of the Ranklin and Bass TV Christmas shows I watched as a kid and still watch with my kids each Christmas time. These posts are from YouTube and you can find the Get a Mac ads on Apple’s site here
I Can Do Anything
Trimming the Tree
