This month, we are waiting for things. We wait for the year to end, we wait for the holiday break from school to come, we wait to open gifts that appear on December 25. For those who know Jesus, this is a special time of waiting, because we use this as a time of remembering the thousands of years that God's people waited for God to fulfill His promise to send a Savior to save them. Isaiah told the people of Israel in the 8th century BC, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call...

Christmas, baby, stable and manger, shepherds, angels… All of these are words or terms you probably know.  We use them often during the month of December when we celebrate the birth of Jesus.  The story about Jesus coming as a baby is one we all love and cherish because we know it means the Savior of the world has come! I wonder if you know these special words that you might hear during this time of year? Advent - means the arrival of something.  For Christians we take a month to celebrate...

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.  Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts.  Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Those are the words to a song I often sang as a child.  I would sing this song along with the congregation during a church service or when our big family (grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.) came together holding hands as a prayer- like at Thanksgiving. Here’s what this song reminds us of: God is the giver of all the blessings we have...