What I'm Learning About . . . Advent
Advent is a season of celebrating God's presence here on earth, but it's easy to forget about that when holiday dishes are stacked to the ceiling and wrapping paper is strewn all over the floor. This collection features advice and encouragement from four women who have learned to integrate lessons from Advent into their daily routines of marriage, parenting, and personal spiritual development.
The Gritty Reality of the Nativity
I love getting ready for Christmas. I pull all the boxes out of storage and set about making the house ready for the holiday. I love the tree, the advent calendar, and the lights, but my favorite decoration is the nativity créche. I love to place it on the sill of my bay window, spacing the figurines so that it becomes a beautiful centerpiece to the living room.
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That's how it was until my two daughters got into the decorating act. My daughters have taken over the placing of the créche and their design style is, well, not really in sync with my vision of Christmas. My pragmatist girls want to arrange the scene, insisting on accuracy. They aren't interested in decoration or design. Symmetry doesn't even enter their thinking. ...
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Anonymous
Dear Madam, there is no date in bible for the celebration of christmas.In the bible is not telling to celeberate christmas. Christ born and christ death in cross must be celeberate in your mind. External celeberation from satan.First born again through baptism in spirit and water.Then only you will get the everlasting life in the heaven. Loving in the name of jesus
Leah
Thank you for a tangible visible reminder of what Jesus came to earth for - to bring us into relationship with God. I am preaching on this this Sunday and am going to use this story as an illustration. Thanks!