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Advent: A Season Of Preparation at Christmas
What does it mean to participate in Advent?
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The Canadian Bible Society and You
I didn't know much about the Canadian Bible Society, but now I do, and now the way I see Scripture engagement in Canada has changed.
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Christmas Mourning: Some Notes on Grief In This Holiday Season
What happens when you don’t feel like celebrating Christmas because you’re dealing with grief?
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It’s been a while. “‘Snow” joke, I know.
I thought I'd come and share more stories about faith in the little things, which end up being not so little.
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What Is Your Christmas Star?
The new year has started—it’s February, guys—and yet I can’t get Christmas off my mind. Perhaps it’s the monochrome frozen landscape around me, but I yearn for brightly coloured twinkling lights and warm, turkey dinners under a star-lit sky. If there’s one story to cross my mind during the Christmas season, it’s the nativity story. It’s what Christmas is all about. A virgin birth, an inn with no room, a stable where angels and shepherds alike can view the beautiful scene. And yet, out of it all, three particular figures come to mind: the three Magi. Regardless of when the three Magi found baby Jesus—in their few-year-long journey to find…
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Remember the Reason for this Christmas Season
So it’s December, and everyone knows what that means: Christmastime is here. And since I’m in Canada and we have our Thanksgiving in October, I’ve been listening to Christmas music since November 1st. And I kinda love it. Like most kids I know, I grew up being excited to wake up Christmas morning. I eagerly ran downstairs to find presents under the tree. The night before, I would “feed the reindeer” with my mom by laying out “reindeer food” (oats with red and green sprinkles) on the snow in our backyard. Of course the next morning it would be gone (likely eaten by squirrels), which proved that reindeer existed. I…
Rooted in Truth. Living in Joy.
