The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,

“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:11–12, NIV) It was my eighth or ninth birthday, a few days before Christmas. My best

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16, NIV) If you are looking for gift ideas this Christmas, you might consider maple syrup. We often made maple syrup growing up on the farm in rural Ontario,

“And you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21, NIV) Jesus deserves our unwavering trust because He alone has saved us from the destructive power of sin and death. I’ll always remember that indelible moment when my dad, grandpa, uncle, and I were corralling a

“ . . . The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14, NIV) Tucked away in this prophecy—first spoken by Isaiah and later fulfilled at the birth of Christ—is a special name embodying a vital truth: Even in our darkest moments, God is with us. It