christmas

Uniting Around a Baby: What Baby Yoda Can Teach Us about Christmas

By Anna Daub The Story of Baby Yoda With the release of Disney+’s The Mandalorian, the Star Wars […]

Anna Daub

Do You Feel Hopeless? Advent Is for You.

By Shelly Durkee I always love the beginning of Advent season. The anticipation that accompanies the first Sunday […]

Shelly Durkee

The Joy that Makes Every Other Joy Complete

By Jonathan Darville In his cherished Christmas hymn, Isaac Watts penned these now famous words: “Joy to the […]

Jonathan Darville

When Life Goes Viral

Hi! I’m Panda, and I like Hallmark Christmas movies. This past Christmas, I said that sentence 38 times […]

Daniel Pandolph

Pain that Brings Life: A Christmas Eve Reflection

When I was a child, I looked at my parents (and pretty much every grown-up) and thought they […]

Katie Williams

Tips and Tools to Help Your Kids Focus on Christ at Christmas

What do a T-Rex, uneatable cereal and Teddy Ruxpin have in common? They are all on the Top […]

Stephanie Jackson

Hark! Thoughts on a Christmas Classic

We often recite Christmas lyrics from memory without meditating on the words. Recently, though, I was listening to […]

Sara Beth Fentress

The Promise (and Perils) of Hallmark Christmas Movies

Hallmark Christmas movies will never be masterpieces. But watching them doesn't have to be a spiritually empty exercise or mere holiday frivolity.

Daniel Pandolph

How the Grinch Steals Christmas

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling. ‘How could it be […]

Doug Ponder

St. Nicholas, Nativities and (Heretical) Carols: Redeeming Christmas Traditions

Parent, it’s that time of the year when we celebrate the birth of Christ by spending money we […]

Dayton Hartman

The Inconsolable Longing of Christmas

I love Christmas. Everything Christmas. I enjoy driving around town to look at all of the Christmas lights. […]

Shelly Durkee

Here We Go A-Quarreling Again

The holiday season is all about traditions. With Halloween past us, families are beginning to plan their traditions […]

Ronnie Winterton