Christmas. Some people are already decked out in all the decor and others are up in arms about the pagan roots behind the holiday. However you feel about Christmas, the reality is that people are celebrating it as a time of giving, love, and even recognizing the birth of Jesus Christ. During this time, I think it's important for churches to consider a few things. One of those lies from the controversy about celebrating Christmas at all. Feel free to tell people about the rese

When we think of Thanksgiving, we tend to think about turkey, stuffing, pie, family and football. There's family all around, enjoying way more than enough to eat at a full table of food. You might think of after dinner as the time to get ready to wait in line for Black Friday. But that's not all that Thanksgiving is, or was. Historically, the pilgrims would have a time of fasting, prayer, and humiliation before having a time of Thanksgiving. They would come before the Lord in