Archive for December 2017

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One Glorious Light

One light. That's all it takes to disperse the darkness, and the greater the light, the more darkness it dispels. There are so many things in this world that claim to be lights and fall miserably short. So many things we think can cleanse our hearts of darkness, but in the end only add to the

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Tiny Two

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

Have you ever held a stick of dynamite in your hand? I never have, but if I did, I know I would handle it with a great deal of care and respect. Have you ever been up in a bell chamber while eight full size bells were pealing? I hope not, because otherwise you might not be

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Three to Tally

By Christianna Hellwig with 3 Comments

I've always loved Thomas Kinkade's paintings. As you've probably noticed if you've been reading my blog posts or watching my own videos for any length of time, I try to slip in one of his pictures as often as I can get away with it. Friends of mine have pointed out that many of his pictures feel

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A Few Four...'till Christmas

By Christianna Hellwig with 1 Comments

Imagine for a moment that a bunch of powerful foreigners landed on our shores and just started taking us, or buying us from our governors. Imagine you and I were among those sold and stolen. We were packed into ships, dark, moldy, and bug infested, as tightly as we could fit and were sailed for weeks across

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Five Golden Carols

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

My favorite Disney princess movie has always been Sleeping Beauty, but among the ones which came out more recently in the 2000's I'd have to say my favorite is Tangled. The songs are the best, and well, the horse steals the show. However, my favorite scene in the movie is where Rapunzel and Flynn are out

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Sweet Six

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

The Basque Region is a little part of France no bigger than New England which straddles the borders of France and Spain. Not many people are aware of this little province divided among the two greater countries, and few know the Basque language, which, though officially established as a language, is hardly spoken in an area where

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A Song of Seven....

By Christianna Hellwig with 1 Comments

Forgive the tardiness of this post, my friends, some very devout Jehovah's Witnesses stopped by and were so interested in convincing me that Jesus is not God that I just couldn't help spending nearly the whole morning debating with them. It was immeasurably fun, but consequently, I didn't get much time to write or think about what

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The Eighteenth and Eight More Days

By Christianna Hellwig with 2 Comments

Have you ever noticed that Christmas is always associated with light? That, in fact, all through the Scriptures, God is the God of light? One of my favorite Christmas carols has a verse which goes something like this: Rank on Rank the Host of Heaven, Spreads its Vanguard on the the way, As the Light of lights

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Narrowing to Nine

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

We don't often think about this, but like every great story throughout history, every triumph has a tragedy mingled with it. Jesus' birth not only brought great joy, but it also brought great sorrow. It is slightly ironic that an event that was to lead to salvation, also indirectly brought about one of the most horrific massacres

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'Tis the Tenth to Christmas

By Christianna Hellwig with 1 Comments

It was only a year and a half or so ago, when I and several friends climbed to the top of a mountain plateau and belted out songs from The Sound of Music at the top of our lungs. It was a beautiful sight looking down on a beautiful tree-filled valley which sprawled out beneath us. There

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Eleven Days Remaining

By Christianna Hellwig with 1 Comments

When my siblings and I were younger we didn't grow up with all the usual Christmas pop tunes which were popular among children at the time, instead of, frosty the snowman we had "In The Bleak Midwinter," and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" instead of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." I think it worked out for

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T'was The Twelfth Before Christmas....

By Christianna Hellwig with 2 Comments

Yes, it's that time of year friends. I've been looking forward to this annual tradition of mine for a few months now, planning and plotting and writing down Christmas Carol titles, yet when I woke up this morning I hadn't the faintest idea what Carol I was going to use to kick off the season with!

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God's Plan: Optimal or Optional?

By Christianna Hellwig with 2 Comments

What do you do when good just doesn't feel good enough, when the smile feels forced and hypocritical? What do you do when remembering all your blessings doesn't make you feel any more grateful? What do you do when the wait stretches out farther than you'd expected it; when the time you thought you'd be

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