Christmas

‘Tis My Pity Party Season

December 11, 2012 Devotional Mundane
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by Gloria Furman In the amount of time that it takes Andy Williams to belt out that “it’s the hap- happiest season of all” over my Internet radio, I can design an invitation to my personal pity party. In the four-plus years that we’ve lived in the Middle East, I’ve noticed that Advent is a [...]

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Hail the Incarnate Deity

December 25, 2011 Devotional Mundane

Here are a few favourite quotes that express the wonder of Christ’s incarnation… Infinite and yet an infant. Eternal and yet born of a woman. Almighty, and yet nursing at a woman’s breast. Supporting a universe, and yet needing to be carried in a mother’s arms. Heir of all things, and yet the carpenter’s despised [...]

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Merry Christmas from DK

December 24, 2011 Good Reading
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Merry Christmas from Domestic Kingdom! What a joy it has been this Advent season to reflect on the gospel. God saw our plight in the Garden and promised a Savior who would crush the head of the serpent. As we sing the Christmas song “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus” we rejoice at God’s grace in [...]

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How Christmas changes this family forever

December 22, 2011 Devotional Mundane
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I (Gloria) was in awe of the grace of God as I read my dear friend Kimberly’s Christmas post on her blog. In her post Kimberly pours her heart out with expectant hopefulness that God’s grace is sufficient for her and her family this Christmas and every single mundane day. She shares how all the [...]

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Don’t preach Santa to yourself

November 8, 2011 Devotional Mundane
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by Gloria Furman My mother-in-law sent me this photo of a Christmas tree in her neighborhood in California. Christmas is seven weeks away! Thinking about Christmas was a good reminder to me to preach the gospel to myself, instead of preaching Santa to myself, which I sometimes do. Preaching Santa to yourself sounds like this, [...]

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