Marvelous Love
On a cold Christmas Eve in 1952, when Korea was in the throes of civil war, one young woman struggled along a village street, obviously soon to deliver a child. She pleaded with passersby, “Help me! Please. My baby.”
No one paid any attention to her.
A middle-aged couple walked by. The wife pushed away the young mother and sneered, “Where’s...... >Read More
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Home for Christmas
In 1962 I was preaching in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was single and it was Christmas time. I was heading home to Michigan to enjoy the holidays with my family.
It was an extremely cold day and it was snowing. The wind was howling out of the north, blowing thick clouds of fine flakes across the road – it was like... >Read More
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The Difference
When I think of Christmas, I often think of something that happened during my school-teaching days. The school I taught in was very old. It had fourteen-foot ceilings and huge windows. The kids who attended this ghetto school were tough, and they were extremely poor. Maybe that’s how they got to be so tough.
Determined to make it special
Christmas...... >Read More
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Christmas Cream Cookies
Ingredients:
2 cups creamo
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups shortening (creamed) i.e Crisco vegetable shortening
2 cups sugar
8 cups flour
Directions:
Cream shortening. Add sugar and mix until fluffy. Add creamo and milk, baking powder and 7cups of flour (use 1 cup for rolling out dough). Mix until well blended. Roll out...... >Read More
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Keeping Christmas
In a world that seems not only to be changing, but even to be dissolving, there are some tens of millions of us who want Christmas to be the same….with the same old greeting “Merry Christmas” and no other.
We long for the abiding love among men of good will which the season brings…believing in this ancient miracle of Christmas...... >Read More
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Faith, Family and a Christmas Tree Stand
Even though many members of my extended family (myself included) have never seen the little mechanical Christmas tree stand that now sits in my nephew Clarence Krause’s home in Saskatchewan, we all hold a special place for it in our hearts.
More than just a neat little trinket from a by-gone era, the little stand – manufactured in Germany in...... >Read More
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Peace on Earth – Good Will to Men
Seeking and Celebrating the Real Meaning of Christmas
Entering a large grocery store a couple of months ago, I was startled by several large displays near the checkouts and exits.
There, nestled in between the bins of fresh Halloween treats, were stacks of boxed Christmas chocolates and stocking stuffers.
The Christmas season had begun and it wasn’t...... >Read More
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Christmas Digest – Share the Joy of Christmas
This Christmas share the message of God’s gift to the world with... >more
Christmas Gift Giving Alternatives
Have you ever stopped while pounding the pavement or walking the malls... >more
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