Take 5! Quick Bible Study: Every Good Gift

Take 5! Quick Bible Study: Every Good Gift

  Welcome back to Take 5!: Every Good Gift. Take 5!s are short, quick Bible studies to help you start your busy day in the Word of God. Please get your journal and pen and settle down in God’s presence. Before you start your study time, take a moment to pray and ask...
Light for the New Year

Light for the New Year

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Isaiah 9:2 Most of us are familiar with the childhood game of Blind Man’s Bluff, in which a person who is it tries to tag...
Reconciling Christmas Past and Present

Reconciling Christmas Past and Present

And in the evenings all the children in my village would take off their shoes and stockings and run barefoot through the snow. Then, when we came in, our mothers would have a bedtime snack of hot cocoa and cookies waiting for us by the fire. I loved the stories my...
The Journey of Advent

The Journey of Advent

The season of Advent has always been a special time in my family. My Advent memories are marked by loving traditions and customs. During Advent, our kitchen wall always displayed a beautiful calendar with little numbered doors. We marked the snowy days to Christmas by...
When Giving Thanks Greatly Pleases God

When Giving Thanks Greatly Pleases God

Good manners have always been a priority in my family. From a very young age I was taught to say please and to give thanks on every appropriate occasion, and I, in turn, taught my children to do the same. God also expects His children to use good manners when we...

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