12 Pearls of Christmas: Perspective

Susan Just for Fun

A Soggy, Jolly, Holly Christmas

by Melody Carlson

One of my most memorable Christmases started out as a natural disaster.
But isn't that a bit how a pearl is formed? An oyster's soft easy life
is disrupted by the invasion of sand, but something good comes out of
it.

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12 Pearls of Christmas: Help & Support

Susan Just for Fun, Thoughts on God

Calling Elizabeth … HELP!
by Tricia Goyer

Mary,
the mother of Jesus is one of the most well-known women of all time.
She was also a teen mom facing an unplanned pregnancy. This Christmas
we will see evidence of Mary's story all around us. And as you hear it
through Christmas songs and Christmas shows think of three things:

1.

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12 Pearls of Christmas: Jesus Comforts

Susan Good Stuff, Thoughts on God

How to Cope with Christmas
by Stacie Ruth Stoelting

Last
night, I dreamed that God resurrected my beautiful adopted aunt, Mary
Jo Hoffman. But morning renewed my mourning for her: Christmas trees,
snow globes, and music greeted my grieving heart. Relate?

In
previous years,

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12 Pearls of Christmas: Just God

Susan Good Stuff, Thoughts on God

A Tangible Reminder
by Mary Byers

Last year I read Me, Myself, & Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables
by Phil Vischer, creator of the Veggie Tales video series. I was
interested because my children grew up on Veggie Tales. But I was also
interested because somewhere along the way I noticed Phil Vischer was
no longer with Big Idea,

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