Steven's Stories

Today is Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent. Many Christians take this time to give something up as they prepare for Holy Week a...

Jesus had entered Jerusalem on a colt, and the people had welcomed Him with loud shouts of “Hosanna!” That was now four days ago. It was Th...

An angel appeared to Zechariah and told him that his wife, who was too old to have a child, would get pregnant, and they should name him Joh...

Le nouveau-né (The Newborn) Georges de la Tour Oil on canvas 1645-1648 Hey, everyone! Jeanette! Isabella! Come on and visit th...

The news was getting out. Sometime earlier, God had used angels to announce Jesus’ birth to shepherds. Now He chose another interesting and ...

Said the night wind to the little lamb, "Do you see what I see?" Wait a minute. The night wind can see? It has eyes? This is int...

The rocks crunched under their feet. A young couple was on the road from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The man was leading the donkey carrying his...

All through the Old Testament, prophets kept repeating how something big was coming. A man would someday be born who would change everythin...

The French and German forces were facing off during the Franco-Prussian War. The fighting was fierce, when a lone French soldier jumped ...

(a.k.a. Carol of the Drum ) Carol of the Drum by The Trapp Family Singers on Grooveshark Carol of the Drum , sung by the Trapp Family Singe...

"I Saw Three Ships" has always slightly baffled me. What does the Christmas story have to do with ships? Why three? What were the ...

Christmas 1818 was rapidly approaching, and St. Nicholas Church in the Austrian village of Oberndorf bei Salzburg was facing a serious probl...