Hear a personal story of legacy as I read a beautiful account of Bodie Thoene (author of Elijah Chronicles and more) writes of her grandfather’s family altar of prayer. As we approach Advent, we can build such an altar for our family.

Madeleine L’Engle speaks of how unexplainable the Incarnation. It is love, God’s limitless love enfleshing that love into the form of a human being, Jesus, the Christ.

We long for resolution, not only in music but I almost everything in life.

Richard Rohr invites us to “Remember. All of life is Advent to us. Remembering not only the babe in the manger but the Jesus of Revelation in the final words of the Bible. ( from Preparing for Advent by Richard Rohr).

All things were created and exist through Him and in Him and for Him. He is the first born of all creation, created to reconcile all completely back to Himself.

In Isaiah 11:1-4,10 the prophet prophesies the new life that will one day grow from the stump of Jesse’s family. Bette Dickinson shares words of hope for all.

Christmas Memories can return and solidify our personal experience of believing and trusting in Jesus. A hymn, a special gift, an outdoor Christmas pageant. Take time today to call up a memory or two that birth gratitude in your heart for His coming.

In Luke 1, we read of Mary’s journey to visit her cousin Elizabeth soon after learning she has been chosen to give birth to the Son of God. Thomas Worth shares a story of his own family and how we all need a Cousin Elizabeth.

Meditate on the ways He has shouldered the pain of your burdens and His strength in your life.

When Jesus came to live among us, He sang to the Father and to us in the unmistakable timbre of His life, with perfect pitch.