Tag: advent

• Beginning the Christmas Advent-ure

  We want to make Christmas count. Our home is not exempt from the Christmas crazy, and with calendars overbooked, the Christmas season is too often exhausting instead of exhilarating. Twenty-four days in December fly by, and suddenly we are opening Christmas presents and have missed the point of all of it: worshiping and treasuring Jesus.…

  Jill Cobb

  December 1, 2013

  Christmas, Christmas Countdown, Family

  advent, Bible, Christmas, Christmas Countdown, family, Jesus, Truth in the Tinsel

• Holding Baby Jesus tight

  Ever since we unpacked our nativity this morning, Lauren has been holding baby Jesus tight. First, my three-year-old lovingly placed all the figures in the stable. As I came by to see her progress, I noticed a special addition Lauren had chosen for the scene: a small gift for baby Jesus that she laid beside the…

  Jill Cobb

  November 30, 2013

  Christmas, Family

  advent, baby Jesus, Christmas, December, focus, Jesus, manger, nativity, nativity scene, stable