December 7, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, December 7.

We continue, this week, to look at stories behind Christmas songs. Most of our favorite carols were written in the 1800‘s and some before that. Today we focus on a modern carol, written in the 20th century.

December 6, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Wednesday, December 6.

Each day this week we're looking at a story behind a carol. Many of the songs that we love to sing during the Christmas season have interesting backgrounds, stories that are sometimes dramatic and often heartwarming. I love the stories behind the carols and hope you'll enjoy these special holiday devotionals.

December 4, 2023 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, December 4. This past weekend, our choir and bells got to be in a parade! Each year, on the first Saturday of December, our town has a nighttime lighted Christmas parade. Once again, hundreds of friends from the community gathered at our historic courthouse square to kick off the holidays. It was fun!
 

November 30, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, November 30.

Today, on the threshold of December, we focus on the nativity characters who journeyed the farthest to see the Christ Child. This morning we consider the kings, the wise men, the magi.

The magi are only mentioned in the 2nd chapter of Matthew. The verse, perhaps, that sums up who they were and what they did is Matthew 2:11 -

November 28, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, November 28.

On this day, in 1974, John Lennon performed for a sold-out crowd at New York City's Madison Square Garden. That's not very surprising - Lennon was a natural born performer. What is surprising, astounding really, is the fact that this would be his last public performance. In 1980, a psychotic fan ended his life. But for the last six years of his life, he didn't do the thing that he was born to do, he didn't share his music with the world.