A time for love

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One of the miracles of Christmas is that even in a modern society, where you often find yourself seemingly besieged by rampant materialism, the true m …  »

Seasons

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I recently saw this quote and loved its description of a family: “Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great hei …  »

Balancing act

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Have you noticed that it’s rare to find someone who honestly feels that their life is in good balance: their work, their family life, their spiritual …  »

The purpose of life

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Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some dif …  »

Input → Output

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In computer science and mathematics, Garbage In, Garbage Out describes the concept that flawed or nonsense input data produces nonsense output or “gar …  »

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Volume 20.12 | December 2019

Volume 20.12 | December 2019

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Editor's Introduction

A time for love

Featured Articles

Manger beginnings

Personal Accounts

Our Jesus 

Personal Accounts

A life changed

Personal Accounts

Once upon a Christmas 

From Jesus with Love

The essence of Christmas

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Manger beginnings

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There are many things we can celebrate at Christmas, the most essential being the gift of our relationship with God through His Son, Jesus. To paraphr …  »

Appreciating Aging

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Since turning 70, I’ve been thinking more about the benefits of aging. Even though many of us who are getting older have already felt some of the disa …  »

Health and fitness

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Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit,[[See 1 Corinthians 3:16–17.]] and God has commissioned …  »

God’s love for humankind

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God’s unconditional love has no bounds, is unchanging and without limitations. It is given freely, n …  »

Thoughts on the realities of life

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As believers, we can sometimes have unrealistic expectations about our lives. When things aren’t goi …  »

Knights and mirrors

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One of the movies I watched the most often when growing up was Man of La Mancha. [[Dale Wasserman, P …  »

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The essence of Christmas

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Christmas is best enjoyed when it isn’t centered on decorations, presents, or festivities, but on My …  »

Take a Lesson from Children

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Many adults have looked at a child blissfully enjoying playtime, and have, for a moment, wished they …  »

Abundant health 

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The human body is a very versatile, adaptable, durable, intricate, and highly developed creation, ma …  »

Imperfect and blessed

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Don’t allow yourself to feel sad or discouraged about your imperfections, because you will never be …  »

Our Jesus 

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My wife has a fondness for miniature nativities, or manger scenes, as they are sometimes called. Twenty-five years ago she made small nativity figurin …  »

A life changed

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One day I noticed that my dentist friend, Dr. Rina, was looking a bit sad.  We often meet for coffee, but today Rina wasn’t her usual bubbly self. I a …  »

Once upon a Christmas 

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Christmas was God’s big splash, the greatest miracle ever—His love in the form of His only Son, Jesu …  »

Imagine a better Christmas

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Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch—have you ever sympathized with them as the Christmas season approach …  »

A meditative pause

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December is by far my busiest month of the year. The days are filled with organizing events, recycli …  »

My Sophomore Christmas

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On the Christmas Eve of my sophomore year in college, I was trying, and failing miserably, to feel “ …  »

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