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Jesus Came to 'Taste Our Sadness'

You know how you go through seasons where one song is your favorite song? My two-year-old, Penny, is obsessed with Jingle Bells. She sings it all the time. She sings it in the morning. She sings it in the car. She sings it at nap time. She sings it before bed. It’s amazing to me that even a 2-year-old can have a favorite song. Jingle Bells is a little worn out on me to say the least, but I can never grow tired of my favorite Christmas hymn “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus&rdquo...

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The Anticipation of Advent

Anyone that knows me well knows that I have been listening to Christmas music since... well, since I was born, basically. The spirit of Christmas is one of hope, joy and expectation. In good faith I cannot relegate that to a single month of the year. There is one constant argument I hear against this, though: if you celebrate Christmas all year round then there is nothing special about Advent. I could not disagree more with this sentiment. The history of Advent itself points towards a...

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Giving Tuesday

Each year, UBC provides for our students to experience God in a new way at camp! You can help support our students this year through your gift on Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019, and every day Sending our youth and children to camp each year is one of our big annual expenses, and your Giving Tuesday gift to our budget will help make it...

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