“(Christmas) is terrible news to people who exploit and oppress. It’s every earthly King’s nightmare–a new King and a new Kingdom with equality and freedom and truth as its building blocks. It’s incredible. It’s a revolution. It’s an overthrow–it’s a new way to live. It’s God’s kingdom come.” By Danielle Strickland | Twitter: @djstrickland I’m [...]
“I was a mom who would help my children engage in Christmas from a standpoint of what we give, rather than what we get. Or, not.” By Elizabeth A. May | Twitter: @seasonswithsoul A sharp curl of dread lodges itself in my chest. We never should have come. I look around the serene sanctuary. White candles softly glow [...]
“This Christmas season, I am choosing to be deliberate and intentional about being more invested in presence than presents.” God is with you … Matthew 1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’” My earliest childhood [...]
“I have to remind myself: I can’t do everything, but I can do something.” By Daniela Schwartz Twitter: @danielatweets I grew up poor. I knew what hungry felt like—lonely and forgotten. I knew what standing in the food bank line-up felt like, my face burning in shame, praying no one from school would see me [...]
“As we enter a season where consumption is at its highest and I, like so many others, struggle to retain any sense of the true meaning of need, I feel convicted.” I have listened and learned this month. I have wept and laughed as so many of you have shared stories of feasting, about what [...]
