Devo de Impuso: Celebrando al Emmanuel, Dios con nosotros

«¡Miren! ¡La virgen concebirá un niño! Dará a luz un hijo,y lo llamarán Emanuel,    que significa “Dios está con nosotros”». Mateo 1:23 Le he estado enseñando a mi hijo acerca de Jesús. El está muy emocionado por los regalos que traerá Santa, pero la otra noche me dijo: “Mamá, ¿tú conoces a Jesús?” “Si”—le dije. “Creo que…

Advent Devotional: Hope

“We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)” Romans 8:24-25 In Christ, there’s never a reason to lose hope. It doesn’t matter the outcomes of…

Bringing Christ into Christmas: why I'm celebrating Advent

’ve never celebrated Advent. At least not intentionally. My family was raised mostly at a Pentecostal church in Puerto Rico. The word Advent was nowhere near my panorama. We obviously celebrated Christmas season while hearing about the nativity, participating in Christmas plays, and singing Christmas songs but nothing that we did continuously during the Christmas season. I think that, as Christianize as we may be, most of us associate Christmas more with gifts, parties and family time.