Discover a vulnerable God says Methodist President
The President of the Methodist Church has invited people to discover a vulnerable God in Jesus this Christmas
View ArticlePresiding bishop’s Christmas Eve sermon in Jerusalem
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] “A child is born, a prince of peace who will establish justice, here and around this earth,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said...
View ArticleRapidísimas
En las últimas semanas dos distinguidas damas de la comunidad hispana de Estados Unidos han muerto. Son ellas Jenni Rivera, cantante, oriunda de Los Ángeles y de origen mexicano y Victoria Soto, joven...
View ArticleSandy Hook children depicted as angels in Christmas decorations
[Washington National Cathedral] The children who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School who were killed last Friday are being remembered in Washington National Cathedral’s Christmas decorations this...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
May you know the great love God has for you today, no matter where you are or what you are doing. Merry Christmas!
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Best Wishes for Christmas from Thinking Out Loud
Thanks to all of you who make frequent stops here part of your routine. Now grab the kids and ask them to count all the animals in this nativity scene that are not mentioned in the Biblical account of...
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Day sermon
[Lambeth Palace] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is urging people to go and ‘join the human race’ this Christmas and become agents of transformation and renewal. In his final Christmas...
View ArticleBabies crying during the sermon. (#4 in 2012)
A few weeks ago at church, there was a baby crying during the middle of the sermon. Here is what immediately went through my head. 1. Am I the only one that hears that right now? No one else is looking...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Forgotten Voices
All of us at Forgotten Voices are thankful for you; not just for you giving your time and resources with us, but for demonstrating the love of the one we celebrate today. Christ’s birth, life, and...
View ArticleA Light in Dark Times
Every year the week before Christmas, St. Peter's Church in Purcellville, VA hosts a "Blue Christmas" service. The aim is to offer a message of hope and comfort to those who might not be feeling so...
View ArticleThe Christmas Paradox: Wholly Natural and Supernatural
To us finite and flawed humans, for anyone to claim to be fully human and fully divine may seem blatantly contradictory. Still, from the Biblical record this momentous, paradoxical Christmas episode of...
View ArticleHark, The Herald Angels Sing
Hark the herald angels sing “Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled” Joyful, all ye nations rise Join the triumph of the skies With the angelic host...
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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Hymn Story - The Voice of God
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day, Their old familiar carols play...”The words linger and the melody sticks in your mind.I sang these words this morning celebrating Christmas with my family. I woke...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Reconciliation
Reconciliation with others is only possible because of what Jesus has done in His death, burial, and resurrection. Reconciliation with others is difficult because it requires that one first humble...
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“The Nativity” by Rev. George Matheson
This Christmas morning I want to share a beautiful song written by Rev. George Matheson, “the Blind Bishop of Edinburgh,” in the late 1800′s. The words are simply powerful and the theology is tight....
View ArticleThe lifelong winter is giving way to everlasting Christmas
Imagine that you have been cold for a very long time, as long as you can remember. You are in a snowy landscape, but this is not the pleasant kind of snow of a Thomas Kinkade painting, where hot cocoa...
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