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  • The BEST Christmas Gift
    Posted on Monday, December 24th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Edward VIII, gifts, Isaiah 9:6, Philippians 2:6-9, Wallis Simpson, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain:    @carol_mcclain In 1937 King Edward VIII of England gave up his title and power and glory for love. He loved a sinner–a married American  in the process of divorce. Wallis Simpson sympathized with the Nazis. Edward loved her, so he sacrificed everything for her. For an American, this love which created a constitutional crisis in England, speaks of a fairy …[ read more ]

  • Gifts: What We Got For Christmas
    Posted on Monday, December 19th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Christmas, forgiveness, Genesis 3:14, God's gift, God's gift to us, redemption, What we got for Christmas

      And I will put enmity              Between you and the woman,             And between your seed and her seed;             He shall bruise you on the head,             And you shall bruise him on …[ read more ]

  • Gifts: The True Blessing of Christmas
    Posted on Monday, December 12th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Christmas, Christmas gifts. Gifts, gifts, Ps 103: 4-5, redemption, the true Meaning of Christmas

      Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; 5  Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle. Ps. 103:4-5   By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain   Christmas. The only thing that matters is gift-giving.   Yep. That’s not a typo. I mean every word of it, but probably not the …[ read more ]

  • Joseph: Christmas’s Exemplar of Faith–James 2:20
    Posted on Monday, December 21st, 2015 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Christmas, faith/works, James 2:20, Joseph, the Nativity

     “But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless” James 2:20?  I love Christmas carols . In them we celebrate Jesus and Mary and angels and shepherds.  We exalt stars and lambs and little drummer boys. Magi, Eastern astrologers, even make the list.However, I’m hard pressed to think of one carol that mentions Joseph …[ read more ]

  • SANTA’S RELUCTANT HELPER by Linda Rondeau
    Posted on Thursday, December 11th, 2014 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: children, Christmas, divorce

    Wiping the sleep from my eyes, I saw her squatting and looking eye to eye at the packaged item standing under the Christmas tree. It was four in the morning, and I had no idea how long she had been there.             I was grateful for the toys and clothes Mother had bought for my children. She had set …[ read more ]

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    • By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain I know. It's been a while since I've been on my blog. You know. Life's so busy--so many social engagements, fairs, family gatherings ... So many lies. I've more than likely not taken my own medicine. The prescription can be found in Proverbs 17:22: "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:" The last chapter of 2020 closed a few weeks ago, but not without promising us more heartache in 2021. Our pandemic hasn’t finished with us, and we will find more grief and hardship for many more months. Now, aren’t you glad you decided to… ...[ full story ]

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