Transforming Holiday Traditions:
Notes from Redeeming the Season, by Kim Wier and Pam McCune
Tips for the season…. “A fulfilling and spiritually rewarding Christmas begins with a personal investment made before the first ornament is taken out of the box.” (pg 119)
1. Allow Christ to redeem our hearts… ‘A redeemed heart says, “nothing will come between me and Jesus, not carpools nor telemarketers nor PTA projects nor dirty diapers nor demanding bosses nor sheer exhaustion nor any created thing.”’ (pg 120) Make this your mantra for the holiday season, repeat it regularly to stay focused.
2. Set time aside daily for God, don’t let to-do lists interrupt your time with our Savior. Without him, this season doesn’t even exist.
Develop family traditions (a family - the first key element in the Christmas story) Colossians 1:15-17
Ornament Boxes (my mom’s gift to me when I married Dave - she bought an ornament for me each year as a child and then gave me all the ornaments when I got married so that I could have a good start to my own tree)
Tree Night – hunting, decorating, special dinner --Make this a special family night where you do the same thing each year.
3. Reach out to others (a message - the second key element in the Christmas Story) John 1:29
Christmas Nails - look for these at your local Christian store.
Coffee and Caroling - set a night to invite friends and neighbors over to enjoy some holiday fun.
Caring through Sharing – gifting your used toys, we accumulate so many toys at Christmas time, use this time to purge your house of unused toys and donate them to a charity.
Christmas Card Prayers - as you receive Christmas cards from family and friends, share them with your family during the dinner hour and pray for each family as you pray for your dinner.
4. Participate in significant worship (a Savior - the final key element in the Christmas Story) Revelation 4:11
Nativity Central (tell parts of the story in the days leading up to Christmas, adding to the story each time… act out the story with the figures
Read the Christmas Story on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day (Luke 2:1-14)
Worship in Song – Campfire Night or Christmas Night or even Christmas Morning, express thankfulness (wrapped present for Jesus, thank you notes to Jesus - each of these activities is meant to give you the chance to thank Jesus for all he has done in your life and to offer something of yourself to Jesus as a gift.
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- REVOLUTIONARY PARENTING BY GEORGE BARNA
- TREASURING GOD IN OUR TRADITIONS BY NOEL PIPER
- • OPEN HEART OPEN HOME BY KAREN MAINS
- • 15-MINUTE ORGANIZER BY EMILIE BARNES
- • A WOMAN'S HIGH CALLING BY ELIZABETH GEORGE
- • BETWEEN WOMEN OF GOD BY DONNA OTTO
- • BRINGING UP BOYS BY JAMES DOBSON
- • CREATING FAMILY TRADITIONS BY GLORIA GAITHER AND SHIRLEY DOBSON
- • FEATHERS FROM MY NEST BY BETH MOORE
- • FINDING YOUR PURPOSE AS A MOM BY DONNA OTTO
- • GETTING OUT OF YOUR KIDS FACES AND INTO THEIR HEARTS BY VALERIE BELL
- • GROWING KIDS GOD'S WAY BY GARY EZZO
- • LEADING YOUR CHILD TO JESUS BY DAVID STAAL
- • MORE HOURS IN MY DAY BY EMILIE BARNES
- • POWER OF A PRAYING WIFE BY STORMIE OMARTAIN
- • PRACTICING OUR FAITH BY DOROTHY C. BASS
- • RAISING GREAT KIDS BY HENRY CLOUD AND JOHN TOWNSEND
- • REDEEMING THE SEASON BY KIM WIER AND PAM
- • SACRED PARENTING BY GARY THOMAS
- • TENDER MERCY FOR A MOTHER'S SOUL BY ANGELA THOMAS GUFFEY
- • THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN BY GARY CHAPMAN
- • THE LIFE YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED BY JOHN ORTBERG
- • THE NEW DARE TO DISCIPLINE BY JAMES DOBSON
- • THE POWER OF A PRAYING PARENT BY STORMIE OMARTAIN
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- Hi! My name is Vanessa. I developed a group called Yielded Moms in the summer of 2007 in an attempt to bring moms together for the purpose of learning to parent according to God's plan. I have been married 8 years to my husband Dave and I have 3 children, Nathan - 5, Reagan - 4, and Camryn - 2.