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A New Song

Most people are interested in news, but only if it’s fresh. We read today’s newspaper, not yesterday’s. Ratings for news programs would drop out of sight if they... Read More »

New Year’s Celebrations

I don’t know what you do to bring in the new year, but it’s celebrated in many different ways around the world.

In Japan, people dress in new clothes and... Read More »

December Desire

December is a month when people celebrate miracles. The Jewish tradition of Hanukkah—the Holiday of Lights—commemorates the time when a small amount of oil lasted eight days... Read More »

God’s Guidance

The Christmas story contains a surprising glimpse into the way God guides those who trust in Him. When the Lord was about to turn the lives of Mary and Joseph upside down, He revealed... Read More »

What Child Is This?

One of our most beloved Christmas carols was written in 1865 by William Dix, an Englishman who managed a maritime insurance company and loved to write hymns. Sung to the English... Read More »

The Joy of Redemption

For thirty straight Christmas seasons at the Omaha Community Playhouse, Dick Boyd never missed a performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s classic A Christmas... Read More »

The Glory of Humility

I remember sitting one Christmas season in London listening to Handel’s Messiah, with a full chorus singing about the day when “the glory of the Lord shall be revealed.”... Read More »

The Place of Going Forward

A lot of attention was suddenly focused on the small town of Bethlehem. Jews from many parts of the world came to be counted in a census. Mary and Joseph traveled there from Nazareth.... Read More »

Joy to the World

When Christmas displays go up before Halloween displays come down, I long for the days when people didn’t think about Christmas until after Thanksgiving. However, there may be... Read More »

A Christmas Rose

In contrast to many of the resounding carols proclaiming the Savior’s birth, “Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming” is a gentle song. Its words and music capture the hushed, almost... Read More »