Nearly every "Christmas pageant" includes a group of travelers from "the East."  These travelers are often referred to as "the Magi" or "the wise men."  What led them to this journey, and what did they hope to find? Are there any insights for our lives today that we may draw from the account of their journey? (The account of their journey is...

When we think of the journeys of this season, we often think of the trek made by Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, and many of us think about the trip that the wise men took as they followed a star. There was a journey much farther, however, than the journey from the East. The Bible tells us that in Jesus Christ, God Himself became a man, came to...

In one of the most familiar stories of Christmas, we find a young man making a journey to the town of his ancestors, accompanied by his very pregnant wife. It was not a chosen journey, but rather one which the occupying government had commanded. As we near the Christmas season this year, join us in a fresh look at this familiar story of Joseph,...