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It's Better to Give than to Receive

By Andrew at the Mockingbird Blog During this time of year I am always reminded that it is better to give then to receive. Not because it’s what we’re supposed to do, but because I feel good when I give and…
Giving Gifts & the Commercialization of Christmas

By JDK at The Mockingbird Blog Call me old-fashioned, but I don’t have a big problem with the (so-called) “commercialization of Christmas.” The world’s economy has to be based on something, and t…
One More Gift Idea for Jesus on His Birthday

By Dave Burchett This series was well received last year. Some would call this a repeat but I prefer to think of it as environmentally friendly blog recycling with virtually no carbon footprint. Merry Christmas! Da…
Having Trouble with Gift Ideas for Jesus on His Birthday?

By Dave Burchett This series was well received last year. You may view this as a repeat. I prefer to think of it as re-gifting. Blessings and Merry Christmas! We are fast approaching the hardest day of the year for…
A Gift that Keeps on Giving

Originally posted on December 21, 2008 Tonight my father-in-law and step-mother-in-law stopped by for a Christmas visit. My father-in-law handed my wife a Christmas card envelope and said this year they decided to do…
Where Are the Really Good Gifts?

By Matt at The Church of No People At just a week away from Christmas, I still have not finished my shopping. It’s kind of funny. We go to so much hassle and inconvenience to give each other gifts. We fight crowd…
8 Do's and Don'ts to Avoid Gift Giving Drama At Christmas

By Bonnie at Faith Barista Gift giving looks so airbrushed and magical in shopping ads, but what’s the reality? How do you cut out the drama and unwrap Jesus? One of the mysteries around Christmas time for a blogg…
Replacing Gifts with Entitlement

Life is a gift. It is the first gift our Father gives us. And like he said, it is good. We're so used to being gifted that we often begin to see gifts as rights and we gain a sense of entitlement that we were never mean…
During this Season of Giving, Gift a Goat

By Matthew at Jesus Needs New PR As a child, I loved goats. Odd, I know, but it’s true; I had a strange fascination with goats. They were cute. They had floppy ears. And I wanted a herd of them in my family’s…
The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit

I would like to start off by saying that I really dislike controversy. And for a reason that I don't really understand, there is a lot of controversy that surrounds the gifts of the Holy Spirit among Christians. A large…