by MJR | Dec 26, 2025 | Genuine Hope
You may be familia with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s most popular poems, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, but did you know about his Christmas poem? On Christmas Day I read a post by Phil Steiger, a pastor in Colorado, featuring part of the poem written...
by MJR | Dec 25, 2025 | Genuine Hope
Merry Christmas! On Christas Eve, we attended services in Crestwood with Patrina’s Dad, our son Zach and his wife Sowmya. The focus of the service was that the Messiah came for everyone, not just the religious or the “elites.” He came for each one of...
by MJR | Dec 24, 2025 | Genuine Hope
Away in a manger no crib for a bedThe little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet headThe stars in the sky looked down where He layThe little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay On this day, Christmas Eve, many of us will be scrambling about as we wrap up (literally) everything in...
by MJR | Dec 23, 2025 | Genuine Hope
God rest ye merry gentlemenLet nothing you dismayRemember Christ our SaviorWas born on Christmas DayTo save us all from Satan’s pow’rWhen we were gone astrayO tidings of comfort and joyComfort and joyO tidings of comfort and joy. Whether it was December 25th or one of...
by MJR | Dec 22, 2025 | Genuine Hope
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 Silent night, holy night!All is calm, all is brightRound yon virgin mother and Child.Holy Infant, so tender and...
by MJR | Dec 19, 2025 | Genuine Hope
Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying: “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your...