The Best Christmas Gift You’ll Ever Receive
“If I knew things would no longer be, I would have tried to remember better.” That’s a line from the 1990 movie “Avalon,” which comes to mind every Christmas season because it’s a time of year that...
View Article“An Invisible Thread Christmas Story” Highlights Act of Kindness That Changed...
“Excuse me, lady. Do you have any spare change? I’m hungry.” Those were the first words that 11-year-old Maurice Mazyck spoke to Laura Schroff as she passed him on a New York City street back in 1986....
View ArticleSeven Classic TV Christmas Episodes to Boost Your Holiday Spirit
Every December, I rewatch classic TV Christmas episodes either on DVD or via reruns on cable. Series like “Frasier” and “Everybody Loves Raymond,” had multiple Christmas shows over the years, including...
View ArticleA Disabled Child Finds Joy & Encouragement Around Rockefeller Center...
(All photos property of The International Academy of Hope) I’ve written about The International Academy of Hope (iHope) before on this blog. It’s the first school in New York City that provides...
View ArticleFor Monday Mirthiness, Watch Phil Rosenthal in “Jewish Die Hard”
If the Bruce Willis movie “Die Hard” is too violent for your tastes, you might better enjoy this spoof of the movie called “Jewish Die Hard with Phil Rosenthal.” As he’s crawling through air ducts,...
View ArticleFinding Comfort and Joy in the Broken Chapters of Our Lives
Dove Award-winning singer-songwriter Laura Story recently released her first Christmas album, “God With Us,” and she’s the perfect person to sing about the joy and light that Jesus brings because she...
View ArticleUS Post Office Releases Its 2016 Nativity Stamp for Christmas
As the time for writing and mailing Christmas cards quickly approaches, the U.S. Post Office today released its 2016 Nativity stamp, featuring a stunning silhouette of the Holy Family. I was not aware...
View ArticleStarbucks Red Cups Include Nativity Scene This Year
There was a lot of hubbub over the fact that Starbucks released plain red cups for the holiday season last year, with some people (though many fewer than the controversy made it seem like) claiming...
View ArticleJennifer Nettles on Being “a Child of God” and Listening to His “Still Small...
“It’s important to be able to enjoy and be entertained by stories of faith, stories of miracles, stories of people rallying and coming together.” So says country music superstar Jennifer Nettles about...
View ArticleSinger JJ Heller on Christmas, Panic Attacks, and God’s Power to Turn...
Every year when the Christmas season comes around, singer-songwriter JJ Heller is transported back to her childhood when she and her family would decorate the tree, drive around the neighborhood...
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