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…
Provision of Peace There is an old greeting throughout the history of the church that echoes the words of Jesus: “peace be with you!” The greeting is then responded with an imitation of goodwill: “and also with you!” But what does this greeting mean? What merit do these words have?We live in a world that…
This week we begin to celebrate the season of Advent. Advent means “arrival” and is a season that connects us with the historical and universal church, a time when God’s people celebrate the coming of Christ and anticipate His return. Each week, we’ll light a candle on the Advent Wreath. Typically, this is done…
There is an old greeting throughout the history of the church that echoes the words of Jesus: “peace be with you!” The greeting is then responded with an imitation of goodwill: “and also with you!” But what does this greeting mean? What merit do these words have? We live in a world that makes promises…