When my brother and I were young, there were times it seemed Christmas wasn’t arriving fast enough, that it was taking ENTIRELY too long and we just couldn’t POSSIBLY wait any longer! We’d moan and bemoan the slow arrival of the day (and the gifts) and our mom would tell us, naturally: “You have nothing to do but wait – the 25th will get here on the 25th, no faster …
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Holidays
Celebrating holidays and life…as much as possible in a Christ-centered, God-exalting way.
You’d Better Watch Out, You’d Better Not Cry…
I’m going to tell you right off the bat that some of you are going to BOO me over this post. And some of you may unsubscribe. Some of you, though, may actually find it quite interesting… I’m weeding Santa out of Christmas at the Oliver house. There. I said it. Consider this: ~St. Nicholas Day is December the 6th not even on Dec 25th; Dec. 6th is day when …
Advent 2009: Execution
Obviously, the operation of that word in this case is not “kill it!” but instead, “making it happen.” Last week, I kicked off Advent with a bang of a post (I hope) in which I shared why we celebrate Advent. Today I’d like to share a few things we do in our house to help our Advent celebration succeed in preparing our hearts for worship on Christmas Day. I’d like …