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The Oak Ridge Boys made the national news this week with a get-well-soon serenade (that apparently worked!), while Jeff Allen commented on the weather and  some of your other HC friends rang in the New Year…          

Oaks call to serenade President George H.W. Bush while recovering    “Words cannot properly express how much The Oaks’ special performance meant to the President and the Bush family.  This friendship goes back many years, and what happened yesterday gave the President a real shot in the arm as he, thankfully, continues to improve.  The … Continued

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”   Lamentations 3:24   Happy New Year!  As we embark on 2013, fresh with possibilities, we hope you are entering this new year hopeful and assured of God’s incredible faithfulness.  We asked the Homecoming artists to share with you some of their hopes … Continued

There’s nothing like spending time with your family at Christmas… This week’s tweets included some sweet memory-making moments– and a couple of weird ones, too!        

On our way back from Bethlehem We could have been waylaid by Herods Or stomped down by cynics Who’d say stars are voodoo And shepherds are ignorant And there is no breeding In small towns like Nazareth.  We could have avoidedThe tales and the rumorsThat swarmed through the travelers—After all, they were JewishAnd we were all scholarsAnd could have discountedParochial legends. … Continued

The Birth of JesusLuke 2:1-20 (The Message) So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David’s town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant. While they were there, the time came for her to … Continued

John Wesley Work, Jr., may not have originated the Negro spiritual “Go, Tell It on the Mountain,” but he can take credit for the fact that we still sing it every Christmas.  As the son of a church choir director, Work grew up in Nashville loving music.  Even though he earned his Master’s in Latin … Continued

‘Twas the week before Christmas… And here’s how a few of your favorite Homecoming artists spent it!          

Each year as we begin decorating for Christmas, it is amazing how simply pulling the ornaments from their boxes can trigger a flood of memories. Some of us have ornaments that remind us of a loved one who is no longer with us, while others serve as momentos of special trips or family memories.  Handmade … Continued

So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from any father among … Continued