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Christmas Gifts

January 4, 2022 By Susan Caldwell 2 Comments

My younger daughter was being particular for Christmas: Mandarin skin cream from Aesop, a small facial boutique shop on Lido Isle.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: baby Jesus, Christmas, gifts, incarnation

The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

February 2, 2020 By Carrie Willard 1 Comment

Today is the day that many Christians remember and honor the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, or the event in scripture when Mary and Joseph brought the infant Jesus to the Temple.

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We need Holy Innocents

December 28, 2019 By Ryan Kuratko 2 Comments

Imagination stands as one of the most powerful gifts that God has given human beings.

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Celebrating Christmas at Home

December 20, 2019 By Wendy Claire Barrie Leave a Comment

The 8 foot tree stands in the living room of our tiny, messy apartment and we step carefully around it to get into the bedrooms. 

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Our Family’s Nativity Tradition

December 10, 2019 By Melody Wilson Shobe 6 Comments

On the first Sunday of Advent after church, I get to go home and do one of my most favorite things. No, it is not decorate a Christmas tree—we will wait until the week of Christmas to do that. On the first Sunday of Advent, in my family, we set up our nativities.

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I need more time with baby Jesus.

January 9, 2019 By Miriam McKenney 1 Comment

Driving up the highway to return a few backup Christmas gifts, I began to meditate on the Christmas season, baby Jesus, and scripture I heard […]

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