Christmas is a wonderful season to share Christ's message in a meaningful way. People's hearts are unusually open and warm to spiritual thoughts and to being together. A Christmas Gathering is a gathering of friends or neighbors in an individual's home. The party features delicious holiday food, some spontaneous sharing of Christmas traditions,...

What's the best Christmas gift you could ever hope to give? A gift of the gospel! People's hearts are more open to spiritual things during the Christmas season than any other time of the year. To help you take advantage of the opportunities to share the Good News in your world, Power to Change Ministries has developed some fabulous tools-and...

No matter how beautiful or warm a church building, it cannot match the intimacy and comfort a home offers. God wants us to surrender our residences to Him because He wants to use our resources to introduce people to Him, then lead them to the church. I (Barbara) like what my husband, Howard, says about our role in witnessing: "The Lord never told...

Each Christmas it seems as if most of the world is celebrating Christ's birth with its festive spirits and colorful displays. But only a few people truly understand that Christmas is a time to remember God’s grace in sending His Son Jesus to us. It provides a great opportunity for us to share the true meaning of the holiday with them. With...

Centuries ago in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), a boy named Nicholas loved the story of the Magi, the wise men who traveled from afar to bring gifts to the baby Jesus. He admired that they came and left with no fanfare. Years later, after Nicholas became a priest, he showed the same humility by quietly distributing food and gifts among the poor....

We heard shrill shouts and the dull thud of coconuts hitting the wall. From granny's bedroom where my brother and I were supposed to be sleeping, we listened to the drunken brawl pitting my mother against my aunt. After my mom ducked the coconuts, my aunt pulled a knife on her. Mom retreated behind a locked door, but kept the stream of insults flowing. Outside,...

It was Christmas Eve morning 1998 and everything was almost in order. "Hi, my name is Virginia and I called this morning," I said. I was so ready for it all to be over. I had no idea what was about to happen. "Hi, Virginia, my name is Cheryl," the funeral director replied. "I will be helping you today." I had no idea at that time just how...