Archive for December 2018

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One Heavenly Truth

Dear companions. As we close out yet another advent season, I want to encourage you all, along with myself, not to let the reality of "God With Us" slip away with the season. It's easy in this world of skeptics and mockers of the supernatural to take Christ's birth as only a symbol or a nice story. To

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Two Days and All Is Well

By Christianna Hellwig with 1 Comments

We've all had hard things happen in our lives. I know I haven't had many trials to speak of, but still, I don't think any of can say we've led a painless life, untouched by the sin that ravages our world. This afternoon as I was reading the world magazine and getting myself tied up into a

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A Joy of Three

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

Christmas should be joyful. It should be one of the happiest seasons of the year. Perhaps that first Christmas was not only heralding joy but bringing a promise of real joy to come; that joy of which we we have now is only a shadow. Fear not! Today's carol is not "Joy to The World" we've

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A Few Four

By Christianna Hellwig with 1 Comments

What is the heart of Christmas? Answers vary, I believe, but I think we can agree that love is at it's depths. It's part of the reason I hate the way people are trying to turn it into a day centered around Santa Claus and presents. It seems to be that we're losing, in that, most of

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Five Golden Days...

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

Speaking strictly for myself. Fear is huge part of what drives life. Fear of failure, fear of disappointing people I care about, fear of rejection, fear of wasting my life and talents, fear of not being able to do what needs to be done, fear of how others will perceive me, fear of being wrong. If

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Six Days Awaiting...

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

I think last year I mentioned something about European's fascination with mixing snow and Christmas carols. It's true that 'most every European Christmas carol in existence manages to sneak something in about either snow or the fact that it was a very cold winter night. And yet, the fact remains, that in the country of Israel depending

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Sing a Song of Seven

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

It is a curious fact that one of the most effective means of inspiring gratitude is by contemplating on the means of somebody worse off than oneself. Even more intriguing is the truth that almost all of us were better off in our earlier years than Christ was. I don't think any of us decked a manger

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Eight Days and Counting...

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

I don't know about you, but I like to not think sometimes. I often like to turn off one of the most precious gifts God gave to man because I hate facing whatever reality has just slapped me in the face and demanded some serious thought. Yes, I pride myself on being a thoughtful person, but

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Nine Days To Go

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

I recently heard a lecture regarding fiction writing, and one of the things said really stood out. He said, our job as writers is not to unravel a mystery but rather to infuse wonder into one. We aren't about removing mystery from the world, simply changing the way one feels about something grand and full of wonder.

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The Tenth Carol Before Christmas

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

"These days children have their TVs and video games," she said with a dismissive tone, "but back when I was young we used to play games together. We would get together with all the children in the neighborhood and go down to the brook together..." she sighed, "we used to do things together." As I listened

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Eleven Days to Christmas...

By Christianna Hellwig with 3 Comments

Do forgive me, my friends, we are once again in that glorious time of year, and I began it by forgetting that it was twelve days to Christmas yesterday. So, this year, we shall have eleven carols of Christmas! There we are. This week began with something that North Carolina rarely sees before Christmas and

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