Tag: advent

Lord, Make Me a Ponderer!

Picture this: I’m wrapped in the warm twinkle of our Christmas trees, surrounded by tiny village churches, my mom’s beloved ceramic tree with its colorful little bulbs, and my cherished Nativity sets. The air is filled with the sweet aroma of Maple Sugar Scentsy wax melts, and everything feels just right. I am pondering. And…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 14, 2024 0

From Animal Control to Crowd Control

Picture the nativity scene: sheep bleating softly, a donkey nuzzling hay, cattle lowing. No opulence for the Prince of Peace.  God chose for His Son, a humble and lowly stable — precisely where His plans unfolded. God’s ways might seem off-course, but His ways far exceed our ways.  From animal control in the stable to…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 12, 2024 0

Nesting for the King

Oh, how vividly I remember “nesting” like those mama birds, tirelessly fluffing and preparing for their baby birds to hatch! It’s in our mama DNA, isn’t it? We wash, fold, organize, and somehow manage to cram the equivalent of a department store into one tiny nursery. Those moments of preparation were filled with anticipation, excitement,…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 11, 2024 0

Stop, Look, Listen and Be Blessed

Tomorrow is the second Sunday of Advent, when the second candle — the Faith candle — is lit on the Advent wreath. We have purposed to slow down and breathe in THE REASON for this miracle season. We are looking for the sights, sounds and gentle nudges of Father God. Then I’m sure He wants…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 7, 2024 Off

In the Waiting Room

Waiting rooms test our patience, don’t they? Whether it’s anxiously waiting for the doctor to call your name, a baby to make its grand entrance, or a red light to turn green, waiting always feels like a stretch of eternity. But here’s the thing — while we’re waiting, something is happening. Surgeries heal what’s broken.…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 2, 2024 Off

On the 12th Day of Christmas….Epiphany

“On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me…….” Let’s talk about those 12 days of Christmas. The true Christmas season starts on Christmas Day, the 25th. And it marks the official start of the 12 days of Christmas, and that relentlessly stick-in-your-head Christmas carol. But there’s so much more than the…

By Donna Wuerch Noble January 6, 2024 Off

Let the Joy Bells Ring

Today is the third Sunday of Advent and we should be singing “Go Tell It on the Mountain”! Well, not necessarily from a mountain. That would mean we’d have to go climbing! Perhaps we can start right here at ground zero to be joy-filled and full of the good news of Christ’s coming to this…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 17, 2023 Off

The Greatest Love Story

I love hearing people’s love stories and I love telling our love story. I am a hopeless romantic. A hopeless romantic is a person who continues to believe in love, no matter the struggles they might have experienced in the past. They choose to see the positive in relationships over the negative, believing wholeheartedly that…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 8, 2023 Off