12 Pearls of Christmas: Perspective

A Soggy, Jolly, Holly Christmasby Melody Carlson One of my most memorable Christmases started out as a natural disaster. But isn’t that a bit how a pearl is formed? An oyster’s soft easy...

12 Pearls of Christmas: Help & Support

Calling Elizabeth … HELP! by Tricia Goyer Mary, the mother of Jesus is one of the most well-known women of all time. She was also a teen mom facing an unplanned pregnancy. This Christmas we...

12 Pearls of Christmas: God Intervenes

The Answerby Susan May Warren Whos, Here, we are Whos here, smaller than the eye can see. Whos here, we are Whos here, I’m a Who and so is she… I’ve always wanted to live in a...

12 Pearls of Christmas: He is Always Enough

Christmas in a Barnby Mary DeMuth The Christmas of 2006 we were homeless. We didn’t have keys. Not to a car, not to a home. We’d flown halfway around the world, leaving behind a ministry...

12 Pearls of Christmas: Faith, Hope & Love

The Pearls We Pass Downby Holley Gerth Ten years ago my Grandma Frances went home to heaven in her sleep just before Christmas. My Grandpa carefully handed me a brightly-wrapped box on Christmas...

12 Pearls of Christmas: God Provides a Way

A Long Ago Christmas Memoryby Patricia Crisafulli The old farm on a dirt road in the backwoods of northern New York State was described to me so many times, I can imagine the place, even though I...