Tis the season. I go to the storage room and begin to pull boxes out to get things ready for decorating for Christmas. I begin to move furniture around to get things in place. One of the first things ...

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By Pastor Rod Anderson The 12 days of Christmas have run their glorious course and we are looking Epiphany squarely in the face on Jan. 6, and then for a whole season of worship weeks. On the ...

While making the easy Christmas craft, you can talk about the story of Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus and read the bible verses ... To make the manger, glue the zigzag border along a long side ...

In Mark 12:28-31, the Scribes asked Jesus, “What is the Great Commandment?” He responded, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, and thou shalt ...

Jesus and St. Joseph in a manger—on the Capitol grounds in December and would require schools to allow time for prayer or Bible Study. Texas rep. James Talarico (D-Austin), a former public ...

The manger scene has a special place near the Christmas tree or in another place where family members can reflect and pray during the Christmas season. It is blessed each year on Christmas eve or ...

O God, whose mighty Son was born in Bethlehem those days long ago, lead us to that same poor place, where Mary laid her tiny Child. And as we look on in wonder and praise, make us welcome him in ...

A new bill is set to be introduced this week that would bring the Ten Commandments into all Texas public school classrooms. "But, SPEAKER Dade Phelan killed the bill by letting it languish in ...

Again, the Vatican intervened by removing the keffiyeh with the excuse that the infant Jesus is traditionally not placed in the manger until Christmas Day. But when the day came, Jesus was ...

6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place ...