We never really did the Santa Claus thing, but we made sure everyone got lots of presents. Regardless. One mother’s struggle to observe some of the cultural expressions of Christmas without yielding to its anti-gospel narrative of performance rewards. A taste: My six-year-old asked my nine-year-old this question in the backseat of my car recently, …

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Jerry Bridges points out that unless you understand Jesus’ parable of the workers in the field by knowing that we’re all those who were engaged at the eleventh hour then you don’t understand it properly. As you worship tomorrow we all gather as those who have received far more than anything we could have earned, …

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A reflective article about life with chronic illness and trust in God by Stephanie Phillips. An excerpt: I had the thought the other day: what if I never change? I don’t remember what I was doing: making yet another dinner, folding some more laundry, mediating another child-fight, battling another impulse to emit a primal scream. …

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