http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Where-Did-Christmas-Go&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Ever lost the Christmas spirit? Been overwhelmed by a season that seems to promise more than it can deliver? Follow us to the place where Christmas has always been found...and can be found anew by you.

http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Ending-Damaged-Goods-Thinking&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

...a lost soul rarely sees God in our crafted lives, the â??Iâ??m-not-a-sinner-anymoreâ? masks we hide behind because we think weâ??re supposed to be â??betterâ? now that weâ??re saved...itâ??s in the broken pieces of the real us that lost souls see Godâ??s reflection, giving them hope they too can be received while they're still broken...

http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Leaving-Judgment-off-the-Table&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

God protects us by strictly reserving judgment and condemnation as His domain. This frees us to show to even the most broken among us just what grace feels like in Christ.

http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Science--Faith-The-Search-for-Truth-is-a-Team-Game&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

When I left the corporate world for seminary, I thought Science was casting doubt on Scripture. In seminary, I learned the opposite was true. The more we dig, the closer Science gets to validating God's promise His Word is Truth. So how come lay people don't know that? Why are we telling our kids to "accept on faith" and "trust God" when they could be digging the hunt for Truth themselves? It's time to unleash the real power of science: Taking us through hard questions, not around them, as the shortest route back to the Face of God.

http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=MissionWorthy-Labor-Creating-Beautiful-Work&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Polish off your best tools and summon your sharpest gifts and talents: God wants two stories from your work today: (1) An honorable product (2) crafted in a masterful way. Oh, and while you're at it: Change the world.

http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Let-Me-See-the-Chariots&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Our non-Christian seatmate took quite the opposite view, and he seemed genuinely offended at the optimism just expressed. Picking up his newspaper, he moved through the national news and then the business sections and finally even to the local section pointing to story after story after story that argued against the "better-world� theory. Then he dropped his voice and whispered to us quietly, "I frankly think your God is losing!"

http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Flee-these-Leadership-Guilt-Ego&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Back in February, we wrote on how to find Jesus' "easy" yoke. Here's how to hold on to it when you find it. Flee leadership, guilt and ego.

http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=A-Truman-Doctrine-for-Christians&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Jesus walked the earth during times of great national and international turmoil, and then he picked a team of regular men and women to build His Kingdom when He returned to heaven to advocate for us at the Father's right hand. Those regular men and women of faith changed the world in one generation. How? By looking and sounding and acting like the Prince of Peace.

http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Resources-for-the-Boston-Marathon-Bombings&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Words from Mister Rogers for our children; and resources for those trying to reach loved ones here in Boston.

http://www.madetomatter.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Just-for-you&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

When Jesus went to the Cross, your name was written on His heart.