Advent: Preparing for Christmas … or Exmas?

There are really two different holidays celebrated on December 25. One holiday is celebrated by almost everyone in the United States; that is Exmas. The other is celebrated by followers of Jesus; it is called Christmas. This Christmas sermon contrasts the two and reminds us that, while we prepare for the festival that is "Exmas" we must also take time to prepare for the person who is Christmas.

With Time on Our Minds

We used to have time on our hands before they invented so many time-saving devices. Twice a year we change our clocks for Daylight Savings Time, and for a few hours at least we may know the effects of that. Time is on our minds.