Tag: Christmas
Why Do Some Christians Celebrate Christmas in January?
Most of the world’s Christians celebrate Christmas, the holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus, on December 25. But a fair number of believers hold the holiday two weeks later, on January 6 or 7. Why...
How to Love Christ More than Christmas
It’s a crazy, wonderful time of year. How might we keep our heads and hearts on the one who is the real wonder? Remember the season is more than the sentimentality This is perhaps a...
Celebrate Christmas Again Today with Peace on Earth
Merry Christmas! If you’ve already taken down the tree, retangled the lights, eaten all the cookies, and unwrapped your newest gadgets, fear not; you can still celebrate Jesus’ birth without any of those things. In...
This is joy
This won’t last long, I think. These are Christmas lights and, look, it’s already December 19. I know, I know; we got a late start this year. But it will be worth it, yeah? Because...
A heavenly host of nativities
I really like my mom’s collection of nativity sets. They’re from all over the world and show a variety of takes on the day of Jesus’ birth. Some of them are beautiful and some are...
A Christmas post
Originally, I was going to write about the war on Christmas. About how, yes, we need to know what the holiday is all about — the human birth of the Son of God — and...
The pines of Southwest Michigan
We’re between major holidays, and now that I’ve overshot my yearly quota for digesting pumpkin-flavored things — and regained the power to stand upright — it’s time for one of my favorite Christmas traditions: listening...