christmas

As the warmth of Christmas surrounds us, I find myself reflecting upon the timeless words from Matthew 19:14, But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” Christmas, much like these words from Jesus, is

By Tanner Green, Orchard Group's New England Regional Director Empathetic Power Christmas is as needed as ever in 2022. While we've moved beyond of some of the difficulties of the pandemic, this year has not been immune to darkness: loss, regret, grief, and exhaustion persist. Darkness

By Luke Greer, Orchard Group's partnership director. In many ways, much of what we have experienced in 2020 is not unlike the historical backdrop that Jesus was born into. In Jesus’ day there were entrenched interest groups, social unrest, competing ideologies, mutual distrust across ethnic lines, and profoundly

From Luke Greer, Director of Partnership For me, part of the Christmas season means spending time reading the Bible’s nativity stories in Matthew and Luke. Although I’ve read them many times before, something “new” often captures my attention. This year when I read the angels’ declaration to the