We are almost there.  Just over that next hill is the stable, and in the stable the manger.  And for us in the church, of course, that manger is the heart of it all.  We’re almost there, but you still have time to finish your wish list.  Are you working on it?  Feel free to [...]

It is the question Fred Craddock said we preachers should write at the top of every page of our sermon notes, but today let’s put a bow on it, because it’s an awfully good question for this season, too.  For that matter, we could apply it to our relationship with God, our worship, our profession [...]

If you visit my hometown of Ellijay during the holidays this year, you will find at the center of the town square a tall, majestic and beautifully adorned Christmas tree, and all around the town greenery and lights tastefully arranged will greet you.  It is really quite lovely.
But it was not always so.  When I [...]

A certain saintly man named Nicholas decided to throw a great celebration of Christmas, and so he sent invitations to everyone he knew—near and far.  To everyone in his address book, he sent an invitation, to everyone in his e-mail contact list and all of his Facebook friends, to everyone in the church directory, to [...]