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Are You Playing Church?

12/28/2012

 
Playing Church: a Christian Devotional
The woman liked church. There was something special about being within the four walls of its fellowship. 

At church, there were friendly people who accepted her for who she was, there were plenty of social opportunities, and there was that general feeling that came when you fulfilled your duty.

She was going to church after all.

            
But there was one thing that the woman really didn’t get. And that was a growing intimacy with Jesus. 

Heck, she wasn’t so sure about him at all. Church was enough wasn’t it? 


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Dare to Call it Christmas

12/21/2012

 
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When my boys were little and attending a public school in Virginia, I noticed they came home with a lot of information about Hanukkah and Kwanzaa at Christmastime. 

Guest speakers came into their classrooms to talk about the holidays, and they would make crafts of the menorah and have information on the foods and activities of the Kwanzaa celebration.

Now explaining Jewish and African-American holidays was all well and good with me, but there was one thing my boys never came home with -- the explanation of the Christian celebration of Christmas. 

And that bothered me. 

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A Season of Giving

12/14/2012

 
By Debra Torres
Christmastime and charitable giving - a Christian devotional.
A Hershey’s Kiss in a green foil wrapper came flying in my daughter’s direction while we watched the Christmas parade.

Skidding to a stop just a few steps to her right, she almost had it before another little hand snatched it up.

That wasn’t the first time she and her sister had missed out that day. 

Candy and other fun things like water bottles, squishy footballs and stick-on earrings just seemed to be missing our spot.

“It’s okay,” I said to my little one who missed the Kiss. And I gave her a little reassuring squeeze.

We both were surprised though when ...

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Why Pray? A Christian Devotional

12/7/2012

 
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I knew I was in for a treat when I agreed to babysit a 3-year-old boy for a weekend last month. 

Since my own sons are in their teens now, it was fun to take out the “boy toys” and see our old Matchbox cars and Legos come to life again in his hands. 

The boy was a precious bundle of energy and curiosity complete in one little golden-haired package. 

So I was only a little bit surprised after we had ...



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