by Hannah Rau | Jan 11, 2022 | Christian Life
It’s finally 2022! And it’s that time of year again when many people make New Year’s resolutions. Maybe one of yours is to get more involved at your local church, but you’re not sure how. It’s often hard to figure out how we can best serve our local church...
by Hannah Rau | Dec 28, 2021 | Christian Life
Every year, friends and neighbors debate how early is too early to get into the Christmas spirit. Some people like to start listening to Christmas music, decorating their home, and making cookies in late October or early November. Others wait until well into December....
by Hannah Rau | Dec 22, 2021 | Christian Life
In my opinion, few Christmas carols capture the heart of the Gospel message as well as We Three Kings. Beyond the song’s words, I just can’t resist the bittersweet minor-to-major key shift in the music. It perfectly captures the mixture of sorrow and joy that...
by Hannah Rau | Dec 15, 2021 | Christian Life
“Whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos” Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a Christmas classic. The 1957 children’s book and its several screen adaptations have delighted kids and adults for...
by Hannah Rau | Dec 8, 2021 | Christian Life
It’s that time again! It’s December, and the social media posts have started to reappear. You’ve seen them: the memes and chain Facebook status posts asking you to “copy and paste this to your timeline if you believe it’s Merry Christmas and not...
by Hannah Rau | Nov 30, 2021 | Christian Life
Sundays weren’t the most fun days for my mom. Growing up in the 1950s and 60s, she recalls sets of strictly enforced approved and unapproved Sunday activities. She and her siblings could read Sunday school papers and the Bible but not other books, they could go for a...
