by Laura Trahan | Dec 17, 2021
The world Christ was born into was not a rose-colored world. We left off yesterday with three wise men showing up to bring gifts to the newborn king. It is easy to glamorize this part of the Christmas story and view it as a baby shower full of worship of sorts. But it...
by Laura Trahan | Dec 16, 2021
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for meone who is to be ruler in Israel,whose coming forth is from of old,from ancient days.– Micah 5:2 Bethlehem was a small town about five miles south of...
by Laura Trahan | Dec 15, 2021
There are numerous memories in our marriage where we were so silly and just couldn’t stop laughing. You have those stories? The ones where you can’t really share in public because no one would even laugh, but two hours earlier you had tears streaming down...
by Laura Trahan | Dec 14, 2021
Many times when we reflect on advent, we have a tendency to just run through the motions of the story of the birth of Christ. Maybe, it is that we have been taught the story for decades and we believe we know it. We pray this year that you have a fresh awakening to...
by Laura Trahan | Dec 13, 2021
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save;he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love;he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 This verse is a favorite to send to friends and family when they are...