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Did Jesus Come to Make Children’s Dreams Come True?
Which sounds more like Christmas: dreams or reality? If you believe all the commercials and holiday specials, Christmas is about making dreams come true. Funny, no one told Jesus. He didn’t come to work for Walt Disney; He came to fulfill His Father’s will. Ask Mary. It wasn’t her dream to start her married life …[ read more ]
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Christmas. It’s SO not about the Children
If the radio, TV, movie theaters, and Facebook are on target, then Christmas is full of loving, laughing families, fireplaces, the best gifts ever, and last-minute miracles. And, there’s some of that, of course. But around the world and even in the next room, Christmas looks quite different for millions of us. This Christmas Eve …[ read more ]
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Spending Christmas Alone – A story with a happy ending
“I’ll be fine. I promise.” Arlene smiled into the phone as she switched off the porch light and locked the door. “You won’t be lonely?” Her oldest daughter couldn’t resist calling from the car as they pulled away, headed to the airport. “Enjoy your trip, already! You and Mark deserve this vacation. Go!” As she …[ read more ]
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Trapped in a Scary Snow Globe
For some people, the holidays only intensify their feelings of isolation and separateness from others. This flash fiction piece tells Carly’s Christmas Story – The Snow Globe: “Like a snow globe? How’s that?” The church counselor shifted forward in her chair as I searched for words. “You know those snow globes people pull out at …[ read more ]
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Heaven Isn’t Run by Hallmark
Have you ever found it hard to wake up in the morning and greet another day? Ever wake up crying, full of anxiety, certain that the day held no promise except that it would be a challenge to suffer through from one end to the other? Has it ever been that the encouraging words of others, …[ read more ]