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Let's make this our best Christmas! In The Best Christmas : An Advent Devotional Unwrapping the True Gift that Will Make this Your Best Christmas Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson leads you through Advent’s four weeks: Hope, Faith, Joy, and Peace. Each week: • Words to inspire you to not only have the best Christmas, but to look forward to the best life Jesus has in store for you. • Daily reflections that focus on that week's word: Hope, Faith, Joy, and Peace • Suggestions for journaling at the end of each day The Best Christmas can be used by for your own personal devotional times or as a...

Christmas is the world's biggest festival, yet we barely understand how we got here. Somewhere between Jesus, Dickens and Coke, Christmas became the beloved chaotic present-fest that it currently is. If it's a turkey, we should really stop stuffing it. So let's unwrap it instead....

In "A Country Christmas", Louisa May Alcott tells the story of Sophie, a debutante from the city who travels to rural Vermont to spend Christmas with her cousins Saul and Ruth. Though apprehensive at first, Sophie learns that the charms of celebrating Christmas in the country are many.

Jesus’ Path of Love “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” - Ephesians 3:17-19 In the first century, Jesus of Nazareth inspired a movement. A community of people whose lives were centered on Jesus Christ and committed to living the way of God's unconditional, unselfish, sacrificial, and redemptive love. Before they were called "...

A Way in a Manger is a 32-day Christmas devotional that gently helps women to re-discover the joy and wonder of the Christmas season in the midst of all the to-do's and chaos. Using the names of Jesus found in Isaiah 9:6, the author helps women to unwrap the wonder and grace of this Scripture and how it impacts not only the meaning of Christmas but the meaning of daily life as well.

Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead over 2,000 years ago, but the echoes of His death and resurrection are still impacting our lives today. Join Heather Hart in this 31-day devotional and lean into the love of Jesus.

When good intentions get tangled, the only fitting answer is mercy made practical. When Hannah Zook finds two cast-iron skillets in her hope chest and her cherished hand‑pieced Snow Star quilt gone, she chooses prayerful patience over panic. Soon the schoolhouse basement overflows with baskets—a stack of gifts meant for December brides across Maple Glen. A weary volunteer’s good intentions have turned gifts into a tangle—until Hannah, the quiet seamstress, and Daniel Stoltzfus, a steady woodworker, pair a ledger and colored thread to translate the hidden message. Threads of a ...

Sometimes love doesn’t wait for perfect timing— it surprises you under the mistletoe. Kate isn’t looking for love when she trades city life for small-town charm—especially not with her best friend’s brother. But when a Christmas mix-up puts her under the mistletoe with Sheriff Tim Adler, her carefully curated world turns delightfully upside down. Tim, an ex-military pilot with a protective streak, has built his career on rushing toward danger and rescuing others. He never thought his cousins’ annual mistletoe bet would lead him to the greatest risk of all—his heart. Yet one ...

Make This Advent the Most Meaningful One Yet. Christmas Devotional for Family: 25 Days of Advent Readings for Families gives busy households a portable, peaceful way to prepare for Christmas together. Twenty-five concise devotions, clear discussion prompts, and practical acts of kindness sit side-by-side in a format built for real family life. Parents who juggle schedules will value straightforward reflections and fast-read takeaways. Teens will respond to candid questions, service challenges, and invitations to shape the season through action. Younger children will find approachable ...

Blake Fisher won’t let anyone destroy the life she’s built. So when a silver-spoon-in-his-mouth snob refuses to listen to her proposed deal, the hardworking real estate agent sneaks her way onto his land to demand a face-to-face meeting. But while she hits it off with his rambunctious trio of brothers, she’s determined not to yield an inch to her onetime crush…even after they share a bone-melting kiss.

Do you love Santa Claus? If you’re like most people you probably do, because Santa Claus is the face of Christmas for many of us. Have you ever wondered how Santa Claus came to be? Would you like to know more about Santa Claus? If so, this is the audiobook for you.

These Christmas poems cover all the memories and moments we cherish during this special time of year. Poems of joy, sadness, love, family, celebration, memories, and praise. Take time to reflect on the meaning of the Christmas season for you, your family, and friends!

Delight in God’s wonderful gifts of grace with this Advent devotional for Christmas. Just as with opening the doors of an Advent calendar day by day, this Advent devotional will build your anticipation for Christmas so that you can fully absorb and enjoy its central gift—Jesus Christ. Reflecting on a few short verses each day, this devotional examines the wonderful gifts of grace that we receive through the coming of Christ and belief in his gospel.

Shopping, presents, and gatherings, oh my. The holiday season bursts at the seams with all the hustle and bustle, but it’s never too busy for Jesus. Take a step back this year and spend a few moments with your Savoir each day in Christmas with Jesus. This short devotional contains 25 devotions for December from various authors who love Jesus just as much as you do.

Discover What Happened After the Resurrection in This Transformative 50-Day Easter Devotional Jesus's death wasn't the end. His resurrection wasn't just a single moment. The real victory unfolded over 50 extraordinary days that changed everything. The Victory of Jesus is a powerful Easter devotional that takes you beyond Easter Sunday to explore the biblical events from the resurrection to Pentecost. If you're tired of shallow devotionals that offer nothing but feel-good fluff, yet you don't want to wade through dense academic commentary, this Bible study is perfect for you. Walk With the ...

Hilary Newton wants to see the world, to experience all the sights and sounds first-hand of the traditions and cultures she describes on her MyHeartChannel “Holiday’s with Hilary,” but her dream is out of reach from behind the front desk of her family’s hotel. Her father is ill, her mother is his caretaker, and her younger sister just moved to Ghana, leaving Hilary to keep the business running. Nothing seems to be going her way until one day, a handsome man enters through the lobby’s revolving door. Griff Bailey prefers the isolation of his home on Mt. Bedford. When a package ...

Does the Christmas season leave you exhausted, empty, and longing for something simpler? Are you dreading the rush, the shopping and spending, the commercialism, the stress of expectations, and the hollowness of what the season has become? Stephanie L. Jones invites you to pause from the hustle and bustle of the “world’s” Christmas as she helps you take a deeper look at God’s Christmas story. Uncommon Christmas gives you a new perspective of the people and events of the first Christmas. In the end, you’ll see, experience, and celebrate, in awe, God’s greatest gift, like you ...

Granny Weaver started a knitting circle believing women are stronger spun together, just like her wool. But she was young once with her own struggles. In 1963 Deborah Byler is twenty-one and has turned down seven marriage proposals from hopeful suitors in Millersburg, Ohio. At her parent's request, she goes to live with relatives in the new Amish settlement in Smicksburg, Pennsylvania, praying she'll find a match. Jeb Weaver lives in a strict Swartzentruber Amish settlement, and he can no longer abide under the rules of the Ordnung. His older brother left the family farm and settled in ...

The stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul will encourage listeners to stay upbeat, because there's always a brighter way to look at life. This collection includes 38 Stories of Santa, Christmases past, and the love of family.

Watching in disbelief as his computer was struck by lightning in 2007, Harry Bucknall had no idea that the subsequent trail of events would lead him to Rome - five years later, on foot. Following the Via Francigena, the ancient pilgrim path that dates back nearly 2,000 years, Harry walks through England, France, Switzerland, and Italy weaving a historical tapestry liberally colored with tales of angels and saints, emperors and kings, and war and revolution.