by Jean Wilund | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog, When Life Is Hard
We hate waiting, don’t we? We just want the moment to come! Impatience is why my mom and dad created a tradition in our family—the birthday bed present. Whenever we woke up on our birthday, we’d find a brightly wrapped birthday present at the end of our bed. The...
by Jean Wilund | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog
Christmas is an enigma. The Christmas holiday was created to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, and yet even people around the world who hate Jesus celebrate it. I’m thankful – not that anyone hates Jesus, but that much of the world celebrates Jesus whether they...
by Jean Wilund | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog
True Believer It was a meeting only God could’ve coordinated. In my research for my blog post Heading off a Christmas Coup: Four Ways to Keep Christmas Focused on Christ, I searched the internet for articles about St. Nicholas, the real-life inspiration behind Santa...
by Jean Wilund | Dec 11, 2017 | Blog
While most know about Christmas, how many know the story according to kids? The kids in this hilarious video set the story straight. And apparently, it involves a purple stuffed hippo. I love this version of the Christmas story, but, it doesn’t exactly match...
by Jean Wilund | Dec 25, 2015 | Blog
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. ~ Isaiah 7:14 ~†~ Merry Christmas from my home to yours! Please enjoy this music video of the nativity story as Bebo Norman sings “Come...