There are times in our lives when we must make hard decisions; decisions about a fractured friendship, a family member that has fallen into bad habits or even taking a hard stand for your faith when others don’t understand. I have found that there are many people today who interpret scripture thru the lens of…
But we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet He did not sin. Hebrew 4:15 One of the most effective lies Satan throws at us is the idea that we are…
New Year’s resolutions! It’s what we talk about every year in the hazy, sugar-filled space between Christmas Day and the 31st! We get excited about the thoughts of improving ourselves in the upcoming year and oftentimes that comes with lofty goals that may be forgotten by mid-January. As Christians, many times our goals involve growing…
We have finally reached the final candle of Advent! Traditionally this is lit on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day! We hope you and your family have enjoyed this beautiful time of celebrating the birth of our Savior! LIGHT: the Christ Candle READ: Isaiah 7:14; John 1:1-18; The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow…
Presence of Love This week we light the candle of Love. Sometimes things are best understood through a story. So, the only preparation for this week is a song written by Jason Gray and Andy Gullahorn. The song was inspired by a story called Ragman written by Walt Wangerin Jr. and is worth our time.…
Proclamation of Joy This week we light the candle of Joy, and our focus will be on the person of Mary. Although we read the nativity story last week, this week we will back track a bit and read the Magnificant, or Mary’s hymn of praise to God in Luke 1. When Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth,…
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This is the second week of Advent, the candle of Peace! Our blog this Monday will provide materials, links to art work, poems and instructions for how to walk out Advent with your family! Be sure to visit our website to read the blog! Choosinghimministries.org
Listeners, we are so excited you are on this Advent journey with us! We will be releasing episodes every Monday from today until Christmas. Each episode is for the following week to give you time to prepare! Also, be sure to subscribe to CHM so you can get alerts when our Advent blogs are sent!…
This Christmas season, CHM is excited to partner with Kaycee Owens as she walks us through Advent: what it means and how we can celebrate it with our families! This will be a four part series that will break down how we can celebrate Christmas with anticipation of Jesus’s birth! We are so excited about…