LONESOME GATHERINGS "I know what family Christmas gatherings are all about," a young woman said to me years ago. "It's when all the lonely people get together so that instead of being lonely apart they…
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GOD'S HARDEST TASK Al Lingren, a professor at Garrett Evangelical Seminary, tells about taking his Junior High son fishing a few years ago. It was one of those days when the fish wouldn't bite and…
ONLY THREE PRESENTS I always like to read the letters to Santa printed in the Groesbeck Journal. They always touch me and make me laugh and generally help me get in the Christmas spirit. And…
A HYMN STORY Phillip Brooks was a young minister of thirty when he visited the Holy Land in 1865. It was Christmas Eve when Brooks and several friends rode on horseback from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.…
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Seen on a T-Shirt: "Out of my way, I'm Christmas shopping."
10 FREE GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS ( You don't even have to shop for them!) 1. The gift of LISTENING - Why not give this valuable gift to someone who lives alone? And you must really…
STAR OF BETHLEHEM In an old Family Circus, Dolly is helping to set out the Nativity scene. The stable is up, Mary and Joseph have been placed inside. You can see the other characters still…
THE JOY IS IN THE GIVING One Christmas a well-meaning family member gave the father a bottle of after-shave. Wanting to show his appreciation, he immediately opened the bottle and splashed some on. The smell…
CHRISTMAS SURPRISE I read about a man who gave his wife something very unexpected and unusual last year for Christmas. He wrote: "I don't understand it. My wife hasn't spoken to me at all, since…
CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS Christmas Programs never end, Every year our kids we send, To tell a story told before, When we were young it was our chore. It's the same old tale with another cast, It…
CHRISTMAS RECITATION Tonight is the night we hear the story Of how God came to earth in all his glory. This is the story we all hold so dear For it is the Good News…
FOURTH WISE MAN A story is told of the Fourth Wiseman named Artaban. He set out to follow the star and he took with him a sapphire, a ruby and a pearl beyond price as…
TWO HOLIDAY PERSPECTIVES December is the time of Giving.... November is the time of Thanksgiving. The focus of November is on our need... The focus of December is on our Greed.
BEFANA'S CHRISTMAS Several years ago, when I was just a boy, I took part in a Christmas program centered around the theme: "Christmas Around the World." My part in the program was to recite the…
THE TRUE CHRISTMAS GIFT The only true Christmas gift is love, And all other gifts are only Outward signs that we love. Anyone can give it, But you can't wrap it In expensive paper and…
Many a parent sighs for the "good old days" when a stocking could hold what a child wanted for Christmas. 14,000 Quips and Quotes, edited by E.C. McKenzie and published by Baker
The best Christmas gift of all is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up with one another. 14,000 Quips and Quotes, edited by E.C. McKenzie and published by Baker
A father's greatest difficulty at Christmas time is convincing the children that he is Santa Claus and his wife that he is not. 14,000 Quips and Quotes, edited by E.C. McKenzie and published by Baker
On Christmas Eve Santa carries the bag. After Christmas Dad is holding it. 14,000 Quips and Quotes, edited by E.C. McKenzie and published by Baker
CHRIST WAS BORN IN A HEART In 1930 crops wilted in intense heat and dry, parched ground. Unemployment was a plight that seriously and severely affected our once seemingly secure family life. Very few crops…
