I know it's old hat to say “keep Christ in Christmas,” yada yada, but I find that this time of year I need a daily reminder that the month of December is about more than just decking the halls. Here ...

Speedup is everywhere in our culture and our lives. This Advent, consider doing a briefer Advent devotional. I have prepared one below. Make believe it’s a calendar with just five doors, rather than ...

Churches start in many unique ways, often in small spaces and cramped quarters. For Silvia Santana in West Flanders, Belgium, it was around a coffee table. Christian Community is home to a ...

Christmas is perhaps the most popular topic among devotionals this year, with nearly a dozen Advent titles publishing between now and October. These numbered readings, which center on the birth of ...

Advent doesn’t invite us to ascend to some divine heavenly realm, John Pavlovitz writes in Low. It invites us to bring heaven down to earth, to see in the birth of Jesus “divinity coming low to ...

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Imagine pastor Rick Warren (The Purpose Driven Life) personally giving you an encouraging word about God’s promises before you face your day. Or you’re looking out a sunny window, contemplating God’s ...