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11 Ways to Celebrate Christ this Christmas

November 25, 2011

As 2011 comes to an end, we’re sharing helpful lists to help you save money, stay healthy, get organized, creatively repurpose, frugally gift-give, intentionally celebrate and more in our “11 Things for 2011” series throughout these holiday months.
Written by Erin Odom, Contributing Writer
As followers of Jesus, keeping Christ as the center of my family's Christmas celebrations [...]

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O Worship the King: Evaluating Our Christmas Traditions

November 22, 2011

 
 
Written by Beth Corcoran, Contributing Writer
It is finally Christmas time again!  Oh how I love this time of year!  I love the sights and smells and the time with family.  I love how people seem more neighborly at Christmas, and I love to see how my little ones’ eyes light up when they see Christmas [...]

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Celebrating New Year’s with Children

December 28, 2010

Written by Kate Tietje, Contributing Writer
If you have little kids, chances are your New Year’s celebrations don’t look like they used to. You probably don’t go out to a party or have friends over until 1 or 2 in the morning. In fact, you might be like me – I went to bed [...]

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Starting Traditions as a Young Family

December 21, 2010

When you first get married and have children, the holidays take on new meaning. Maybe you have memories of awesome traditions you had growing up (opening a present the night before Christmas, going caroling, having a big dinner with Grandma on Christmas Eve…whatever your family did).  [...]

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Family Traditions that Keep Christ at the Center of Christmas

December 10, 2010
My Childhood Nativity

Written by Emily McClements, Contributing Writer
Singing Christmas carols, lighting the Christmas Tree, putting out the Christmas decorations, lighting the Advent candles, giving and receiving gifts, rejoicing in the birth of our Lord and Savior.
Christmas is such a special and magical time of year; filled with family traditions and warm memories.  But, it is also a [...]

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Celebrating Earth Day: A Christian Perspective on Stewardship of the Environment

April 22, 2010
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Today I want to celebrate Earth Day by sharing just a bit about why I, as a Christian, care about the environment and choose to put time, money and effort towards practicing mindful stewardship of God's glorious creation.
Here are some of the main reasons that our family has made environmental stewardship a priority as we [...]

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Celebrate with Joy: Epiphany and Reflections on Transforming our Christmas Celebrations

January 5, 2010
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I found this year to be one of our most meaningful Christmas seasons so far. It has been such a blessing to begin implementing even a few new things into the way that we celebrate the birth of our Savior. Here are some of the things that we did this year:

Daily Advent devotions through the [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 23, 2009
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Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas, as you celebrate the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. To Christ be all the glory this Christmas season. What a great Savior we serve!

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Celebrate with Joy: Week 3

December 17, 2009
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For this week's Celebrate with Joy post, I'm going to take a pause from giving more ideas or activities for adding to your Christmas celebration. Instead, I would like for you to be encouraged and inspired as you press on in learning to make these "holy day" celebrations more meaningful and alive for [...]

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Celebrate with Joy: Week 2

December 10, 2009
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It's Week 2 of making this holiday season more meaningful using the book Celebrate with Joy!
How are your Advent activities going? We've been enjoying our special devotions (or "learning about Jesus' names", as my daughter says) so much. We've almost finished making our Names of Jesus garland, and it's going to be beautiful [...]

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