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

Read: 2 Peter 3:8–10Thoughts for Parents:Many people in Christ’s day didn’t recognize His coming, but that didn’t stop Him from loving them and saving them. And many people today don’t recognize Him e...  Read More

NOVEMBER 28, 2022Light the first (purple) candle (the Prophecy Candle), which represents hope or expectation in anticipation of the coming MessiahRead: Psalm 113Thoughts for Parents: It is right to be...  Read More

Most every family has their holiday traditions such as meals, gift giving, or community service.  My family has several traditions such as Christmas Eve dinner at Granny and Paw-Paw's, cutting down a ...  Read More

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I ha...  Read More