Christmas
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When I was a kid I never realized how stressful the Christmas season could become. When you’re eight or 10 or 11 years old, Christmas is all about presents and Christmas trees and lights and sugar cookies. There are road trips to see grandparents, singing “Silent Night” by candlelight at church, and endless teasing from
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“Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” — Jesus (from John 11:9-10) It’s tough to walk in the dark. In
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We three kings of orient are Bearing gifts, we traverse so far Field and fountain, moor and mountain Following yonder star We add them to the Christmas story every winter and yet, perhaps the most mysterious accessories to the Nativity tale are those “three kings of Orient.” Who are they? And where did they come
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The Christmas Story we proclaim typically begins at the manger but it does not end until long after the cross. It is the Gospel Story, the good news that watchmen looked for in the Old Testament. It is the light that would shine in a darkened world, the peace that that would quell the storm…
J.C. Newton 