Posts Tagged "Christmas"
Advent 2012-2013!
It has been a great season of anticipation! Throughout these weeks of Advent, we have read his stories, sang the Christmas songs, drew pictures of the verses and had rich conversations. Each week we kept it simple using the guide below. The Season of Advent – December 2-December 24 1. December 2-8 – Prophecy – Isaiah 9:2-7 God Card Christmas – I believe Father God is a generous giver of great gifts. 2. December 9-15 – Bethlehem – Micah 5:2-5 God Card Muscle – I believe Father God is strong for me. 3. December 16-22 – Shepherds and Angels – Luke 2:8-20 God Card Shepherd – I believe Father God is a shepherd. 4. December 23-24 – Wise Men...
Read More“In This Mess, I Will Remember!”
The Christmas boxes are outside on our deck just waiting to overtake our home! Not sure how I feel about all of that! So here is the conversation Father and I had this morning! “Father, the girls are so excited about decorating for Christmas. I am staring at all those boxes out on the back deck that have been cooped up in our garage all year. They are dirty and dusty, and there are so many of them. I don’t want all of that mess in our house. I can’t keep up with the mess already going on in our house. How do I cope with what is about to happen? And I am supposed to like all of this – enjoy it! I can’t believe we have already had 10 Christmases as a family! 10!...
Read More“Acrostics by Maya and Ada” (God card #6- Christmas)
By Maya C – Christ was Born H – Happy Christmas Days R – Reading Christmas books I – Icicles on my Roof S – Sweet cookies T – Telling people about JESUS M – Merry Christmas Santa says A – Acting Sweet S – Singing Christmas carols By Ada C – Christ was Born H – Have a great Christmas R – Riding a donkey I – I Love Jesus S – Sweets T – The Baby is Born M – Mary and Joseph A – Angels Sing S – Santa
Read MoreSay Yes – part 1 – “Christmas is . . .”
“Christmas has arrived again . . . . Somehow I realized that songs, music, good feelings, beautiful liturgies, nice presents, big dinners, and many sweet words do not make Christmas. Christmas is saying ‘yes’ to something beyond all emotions and feelings. Christmas is saying ‘yes’ to a hope based on God’s initiative, which has nothing to do with what I think or feel. Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God’s work and not mine. Things will never look just right or feel just right. If they did, someone would be lying. The world is not whole, and today I experienced this fact in my own unhappiness. But it is into this broken world that a...
Read More“Our Scavenger Hunt to Advent!” (God card #6 – Christmas)
Our kids love scavenger hunts! So, we tend to move in the direction of things they enjoy when we want to teach or affirm something. As we continued the focus on God card #6 – I believe God is Christmas, we decided to paint the picture of where we have come from and what place in history does the Christmas story rest through the fun of a scavenger hunt! We gave each one of them a slip of paper with some things written on them that they had to find and bring back to the kitchen table. And it was from these things that we painted the picture! Maya: picture of clouds, wrapping paper roll, mirror Ada: people, baby Jesus, cross Carson: sword, dragon, people, rock It was a...
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