Christmas

During the Christmas rush, our homes are far from silent, calm, still, or peaceful. The holiday momentum builds the day after Thanksgiving; the house is noisy, busy, hustling, bustling, and brimming over with activity and stress to the point of near exhaustion.

There is a solution! We can intentionally cut the Christmas chaos this year. The five steps to doing so spell the word PEACE....

Christian duo For KING + COUNTRY is gearing up to bring Christmas to the big screen this holiday season in a new movie project, titled “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live.”

As the holiday season approaches, Christmas markets light up cities across the globe, filling the air with the scents of mulled wine, roasting chestnuts, and fresh pine. These markets, steeped in...

In celebration of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" movie, take a listen to one of the songs in the movie "Go Tell It On The Mountain" by Blake Shelton!

Critics agree, 'Noel' is one of Lauren Daigle's most breathtaking holiday performances.  While still an up-and-coming artist, Lauren recorded this song on Chris Tomlin's 2015 Christmas album, Adore.  Surprisingly, it has become one of the season's most-played songs.

Watch Lauren Daigle's "Noel"... 

Somehow, I’ve gone from Buddy the Elf to the Grinch. I’ve gone on a downward spiral from loving Christmas to dreading its coming.  But, I don’t want it to be this way!

Let's regain the joy of the season....!

Zach Williams reminds us of Jesus’ miraculous birth with ‘Go Tell It On The Mountain.’ Zach breathes new life into this African-American spiritual that dates all the way back to 1865. 

Tapping the talents of Matt Maher, Casting Crowns creates a song that takes the event of The Nativity and points that to the listener.  Are YOU making room for the New King?

Watch the music video for “Make Room (feat. Matt Maher)” by Casting Crowns. Merry Christmas!

Every child's deep down Christmas wish is to be loved and be a part of a family.  For this boy, his Christmas wish came true!

This is so precious - grab a tissue!

 If you’re committed to helping improve the lives of others in your community, it may mean thinking long-term. These five tips can help your gifts provide long-term benefits for the causes you support.

This Christmas, MercyMe strikes up the band to honor the season of love with a brand new yuletide recording, It’s Christmas!  In this exclusive CCM Magazine Christmas conversation, the band’s bassist, Nathan Cochran, shares why Christmas is so important to the men of MercyMe.

From CCM Magazine!

Before restarting in NEXT year, perhaps it would be good to do a brief assessment about why our intentions didn’t quite meet reality in LAST year. Here are seven reasons our attempts at having a quiet time can fail — with a few tips on what you can do about it.

“‘The Chosen’ changed my life,” said Worship leader Brandon Lake (who sings, "Gratitude") recently on a video interview with "Chosen" series creator Dallas Jenkins.
Find out more here!

This Christmas, when signing your cards, will you take an extra minute or two to be a blessing to someone and to share your faith with believers and nonbelievers through His Word?  His Word is Truth and Life, and by sharing it, there’s no telling the impact that extra minute or two will make.

An anonymous Secret Santa walked into a Walmart in Tennessee and shelled out nearly $65,000 to pay off layaway balances belonging to complete strangers. And positive news stories like these are great reminders that there is still so much goodness in the world!

No matter how hard we try, families become so focused on dinners, tree decorating, card sending, and gift giving during the Christmas season!  But keeping our minds and hearts focused on Christ during this season is the whole foundation to the season.

What if we made prayer the focus instead of all the Christmas items on our lists?  Here are 3 prayers to bring your heart closer to Christ.

When it comes to the joy and the stress of the holidays, how do you and your spouse approach it? As a united team? Or do tinsel, gift giving, and extended family get-togethers turn you against each other?

If you and your spouse are struggling to face the holidays together, here are 5 ways you can navigate the season hand-in-hand rather than back-to-back.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and everywhere I turn there's a tide rising of commotion, preparation, and pinning. It's enough to make my head spin.

But in the midst of it all, I feel a gentle tug at my heart.

"Come to Me..."

 

Seasonal depression can create major internal struggles, including feelings of isolation, rejection, and abandonment. If you experience seasonal depression, here are some practical tips to help and encourage you...

The holiday season’s air is thick with New Year's resolutions; well intended, but far more likely to fail than succeed. So let’s re-frame those good intentions and agree that any time of year is a great time to make changes that improve your health and life.