Posted on December 23, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Christmas music! I love pretty much all of it. Both the sacred and secular songs stir something and pull me in. I find beauty (read last week’s post) in almost every melody. And while it is fun to “deck the halls,” “jingle bells,” and… Continue Reading “Choosing to Adore Him”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Adore Him, Advent, Away in the Manger, Baby Jesus, Carolers, Celebration, Choirs, Christmas, Christmas Carols, Christmas Day, Christmas Songs, December 25th, Emmanuel, Faith, Gifts, God With Us, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Holiday Season, Holidays, Humility, Incarnation, Jesus, Joy, Joy to the World, Merry Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, Peace on Earth, Season Greetings, The Word Became Flesh, We Three Kings, What Child is This?, Worship, Yuletide
Posted on December 25, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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At the beginning of my senior year in high school, my family moved to another state. It was difficult for many reasons. The hardest one was that I was leaving a girlfriend (who would eventually become my wife). This was back before the internet… Continue Reading “Choosing an EMMANUEL Christmas”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Advent, Advent Season, Baby Jesus, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas Gift, Emanuel, Emmanuel, Gifts, God Incarnated, God With Us, God's Presence, His name is called Emmanuel, Holy NIght, In the flesh, In the Manger, Jesus, Personal Visit, Presence, Present, The best gift, The Best Present, The Incarnation
Posted on December 26, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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At the beginning of my senior year in high school, my family moved to another state. It was difficult for many reasons. The hardest one was that I was leaving a girlfriend (who would eventually become my wife). This was back before the internet… Continue Reading “Choosing an Incarnated God”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Advent, Baby Jesus, Celebrate Jesus, Christ's birthday, Christmas, For God so loved the world, God in the flesh, God's love, Holiday Season, In the flesh, Incarnated God, Incarnation, Jesus, Jesus' birthday, love, Messiah, Reason for the Season, Relationship with God, The Incarnation
Posted on December 19, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Christmas stirs my imagination. Not only can I endlessly ponder the significance of our eternal God becoming a full-fledged human, I am intrigued by the variety of responses in the Bible to this event: Bethlehem shepherds awestruck by an angelic light show; Nazareth residents… Continue Reading “Choosing the Way of the Magi”
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