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Do you like to throw birthday parties? IF money was no option, name one thing you would want to have to throw an awesome birthday party for anyone of your choice. Would you want to have games? pictures? gifts? a cake for blowing out candles and making wishes? What about celebrities? Would you be surprised that several of these things and more were all at Jesus’ birth? You can read about the awesome birthday of our Lord in Luke 2:8-21 . Focus especially on the angel’s message in verse 14. Can you n ame another birthday party with the appearance of angels? Name just one other where the angels were praising God for a birthday to [ Spoiler alert!] the shepherds! No wonder at all of the Christmas plays kids want to be shepherds! Games: The angel of the Lord said, “You will find.” The angels sent the shepherds on a scavenger hunt ! The Magi were sent on one about the same time. This is a great game to have at birthday parties! They had to search for this baby. Gifts: ...

I recently performed a wedding where the routine involved nothing new. It was outside of the church, but not outside my comfort zone. It was only later upon reflection and investigation by my daughter that I had to rethink some things, specifically  our dancing to a particular song. I had actually looked forward to the dancing moments of this wedding. My wife and youngest son were home sick and since my daughter loves to dance with her daddy I thought it would be a fun binding moment for us.  So when our table was approached by a group of middle school-aged girls to come and dance with them I thought two things: 'How nice for them to ask us to join them', and 'OK, this will be fun with my daughter.' To refuse might offend as well as miss out on a moment with my kids (my middle son actually joined us too). But what I didn't know was what "wobble" meant--that was the name for the song (and dance) we were going participate in. It wasn't until the ride ...