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Plenty of baby Jesus’s to go around
Three of our baby Jesus figures. We have several more, but the kids have already made off with them. My five- and two-year-old have been “helping” me decorate the house for Christmas this weekend. That...
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Christmas Countdown Day 21: Manger
Our Advent Scripture passage for Day 21 is Isaiah 9:2-7. The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; a light has dawned on those living in the land of darkness. You have enlarged the nation...
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Christmas is simple: Jesus came.
“You will find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, laying in a manger.” It’s easy to feel lost at Christmas. There are so many factors competing for our attention. December can become so...
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More extraordinary
My Jesus Journey – Luke 2:8-20, Shepherds visit Jesus They weren’t expecting it. The shepherds were on guard, anticipating a threat from outside their ring of protection. Instead, an angel appears...
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Holding Baby Jesus tight
Lauren’s Nativity (notice baby Jesus in her hand) Ever since we unpacked our nativity this morning, Lauren has been holding baby Jesus tight. First, my three-year-old lovingly placed all the figures in...
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Exploring the stable
Jackson and Lauren fill the stable as we read Luke chapter 2. Christmas Countdown Day 14 focused on the stable. Though Scripture doesn’t use the word “stable” to describe Jesus’ birthplace, it does say...
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Away in a manger
We made a manger tonight, and wrapped our baby tight, with stuffed animals looking on. Christmas Countdown Day 15 focused on the manger. The Son of God’s first baby bed was a feeding trough. In order...
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Snug and safe
Jesus was wrapped in cloth, so we did the same to see how it felt. Christmas Countdown Day 16 focused on cloth. When Jesus was born, Mary wrapped Him in strips of cloth and lay Him in a manger. Newborn...
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Why Jesus came
Papa helps Lauren make her cross ornament. Christmas Countdown Day 24 focused on the cross. As our family looked over the Advent tree and all we learned this month about Immanuel, God with us, we...
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Journey to the Manger: Donkey
Jackson works to pin the tail on the donkey. A donkey met us on the path as we continued our Journey to the Manger today. Donkey We don’t know how Mary and Joseph traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem....
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Journey to the Manger: Shepherds
Lauren cradles our baby Jesus in her arms, imagining what it might have been like for the shepherds to see the Messiah the night he was born. Today we ran to Bethlehem with the shepherds on our Journey...
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Exploring the stable
Jackson and Lauren fill the stable as we read Luke chapter 2. Christmas Countdown Day 14 focused on the stable. Though Scripture doesn’t use the word “stable” to describe Jesus’ birthplace, it does say...
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Away in a manger
We made a manger tonight, and wrapped our baby tight, with stuffed animals looking on. Christmas Countdown Day 15 focused on the manger. The Son of God’s first baby bed was a feeding trough. In order...
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Snug and safe
Jesus was wrapped in cloth, so we did the same to see how it felt. Christmas Countdown Day 16 focused on cloth. When Jesus was born, Mary wrapped Him in strips of cloth and lay Him in a manger. Newborn...
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Why Jesus came
Papa helps Lauren make her cross ornament. Christmas Countdown Day 24 focused on the cross. As our family looked over the Advent tree and all we learned this month about Immanuel, God with us, we...
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The Cross in Christmas
Our Christmas season has taken us through incredibly busy weeks, school programs and parties, dance rehearsals and recitals, and church commitments. But, none of those scheduled appointments makes...
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