Tag: christmas

And in the aisle next to the birthday cards I found exactly what I wasn't looking for. Christmas cards.

Take the time to make something delicious this holiday season and give it away as a witness to the radical grace of God’s goodness.

Holy feet descend, light touches down in dark places, A small upturned face, lit up by eternity’s favor.

t’s a tough sell: A young, unmarried teenager gets pregnant, but the father isn’t a man but God himself. And the girl is a virgin — and (some believe) remains one even after she delivers a strapping baby boy.

The Christmas nativity story is a mix of images that are both cultural and sacred.

For most of the preceding week my table was covered with boxes of blank Christmas cards, return-address labels, books of stamps, address lists, envelope stickers, a variety of pens, piles of incoming mail (including many unopened Christmas cards) and other assorted detritus.

Many folks know the Christmas story too well. Yes, too well.