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• Merry Christmas (Eve)! Dec 24, 2025
  The moon shone brightAnd the stars gave a light,A little before it was day;The Lord our God he call’d on usAnd he bade us awake and pray. The Bellman’s Song, verse 1 The Christmas of 1996 is one of my favorite childhood memories. Each year, my family would drive to my grandparents’ house – where […]
  Jordan Husband
• Dreaming of a Tropical Christmas Dec 23, 2025
  The time had come – hot season was at its peak, oppressive clouds in the sky teased with the coming rainy season, everything was covered in several layers of dust, the mangoes were growing ripe on the trees – yes! Definitely time to decorate for Christmas! Celebrating Christmas in tropical, rural Africa means a lot […]
  John and Asmara Anyan
• Hope Is An Anchor Dec 22, 2025
  The other night we took time as a family to walk through a Live Nativity that was presented by the Episcopal Church in our part of Jacksonville. Their presentation began with God revealing Himself to Moses at the burning bush. A God who speaks through a burning bush is eye catching, even powerful but it […]
  Tim and Andrea Ullum