Carols in a Minor Key

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 19.  Herod Christmas is the only holy day that is also a secular holiday.  … Read more »

Never Alone

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 18.  Hope It’s impossible to tell the story of Christmas without spotlighting hope. Ironically, the… Read more »

Out of the Darkness

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 17.  Light For years following the release of his 1946 holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful… Read more »

Small Towns

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 16.  Bethlehem Big things happen in small towns. There are more than 19,500 American communities… Read more »

God’s Rag Dolls

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 15.  Salvation “Her name was Pandy.  She had lost a good deal of her hair,… Read more »

Good Advice vs. Good News

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 14.  News Imagine that you have a child who is battling cancer. It’s as if… Read more »

A New Look at an Old Story

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 13.  Manger Every children’s Christmas pageant includes an innkeeper. This role is usually given to… Read more »

A Vulnerable Savior

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 12.  Child If the Greek gods had sought therapy, they would have kept an army… Read more »

Into Our Neighborhood

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 11.  Pitched-Tent Robert Frederick Chelsea “Bobby” Moore wasn’t just a famous English footballer (or what… Read more »

Into No Man’s Land

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Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus. 10. Peace It became known as the Christmas Truce. On December 24, 1914, hundreds of… Read more »