Read: Isa 35:1–10Thoughts for Parents:I’m in the mood for some good news. Aren’t you? My life isn’t really any different from yours. I have to get up in the morning and try to figure out how I’m going...  Read More

Light the third candle (pink; the Shepherd’s Candle), which represents joy.Read: Psalm 92, Luke 2:8–20Thoughts for Parents:This week we will be focusing in on joy, the joy of the Psalmist as he consid...  Read More

Read: Romans 8:28–39Thoughts for Parents:Oh, this passage! What a glorious assurance is here for us! No matter what you are facing today, no matter how far from God’s purposes and love you believe you...  Read More

Read: Romans 5:8Thoughts for Parents:Are you beginning to get a picture of how amazing God’s love is for you? How can we ever relegate the thought of it to white noise or a yawn? To be loved by God is...  Read More

Read: Romans 1:1–7Thoughts for Parents:How does the Holy Spirit refer to you? What does He call you? He calls us those who are loved by God and called to be saints. That’s so amazing. How should He re...  Read More

Read: 1 John 4:9Thoughts for Parents:Yesterday we read about God’s love from John 3:16. We thought about how that beautiful passage might have become old hat to us. Today, we’re going to think more ab...  Read More

Read: John 3:16 Thoughts for Parents:Do you know what white noise is? White noise is a type of noise that is produced by combining sounds of all different frequencies together. If you took all of the ...  Read More

Light the second (purple) candle (the Bethlehem Candle), which represents love.Read: Psalm 36, Luke 2:1–7Thoughts for Parents:Psalm 36 reminds us that even though there is wickedness in this world, Go...  Read More

Read: Isaiah 9:6–7 and Matthew 1:18–25; 4:16Thoughts for Parents:Today, many parents are aware of the gender of their child before he or she is even born, and, consequently, they have the privilege of...  Read More

Read: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23Thoughts for Parents:Is there any sweeter name by which to call Jesus than Immanuel? He is God with us. Our familiarity with this name has numbed our senses to the sh...  Read More

Read: Genesis 12:1–3, 7Thoughts for ParentsYesterday we read that God promised to crush the head of the serpent, our enemy, Satan, through the weakness of a Man born to a weak, shamed woman. Today we ...  Read More

Read: Genesis 3:15Thoughts for ParentsEverything had gone terribly wrong. The beautiful paradise was ruined. Their sweet transparency and vulnerability and intimacy was shattered. For the first time A...  Read More