Christingle with the BerryBunch, 2021
This year, JoJo is joined by Dave the Dog who shows us how to make a Christingle, well -Dave the Dog style!
Dave the Dog collected up all the elements of a Christingle as instructed by Andy B and asks JoJo to put it together for him. As far as Dave is concerned his Christingle is the same as Andy’s, but JoJo has her doubts, see what you think!
Christingle is the good news of Jesus in a nutshell – well in an orange – or in Dave the Dog’s case – in a lemon – Don’t ask, just watch this year’s Christingle
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Surrogate Dad
Last night, my wife Susie and I, hosted my three youngest sisters for what we call “Christmas Eve Eve.” (We had to add an extra “eve” this year). This tradition is 15 years old. These are my youngest sisters and they were 3, 5, and 7 when our father suddenly died.
My wife and I married one year after my Dad’s death and we have hosted these young ladies ever since as a means of closing some of the void left by Dad’s absence.
This year, they insisted a read “Mortimer’s Christmas Manger” like I did all those years ago. I can’t explain how full I felt to be surrounded by these young ladies in comfort and acceptance. Not many people get to be Dad and brother. And of course, I am not Dad, except maybe a little. And that little counts for a lot.
It is Gospel work to meet an unmet need. Attempting it will meet a need in you too. I pray that you will answer the call today. Obedience pays high dividends.
#christmas #family #Gospel
our studio is now packed. which is sad...
but!!!
the BerryBunch Studio, version 3.0 will be coming back real soon.............we're moving from a 7'6" square studio to a room that is 14' squared...........and we're very much looking forward to that space (which will also house 3 desks for the boys to do their home education)
well, we hope to have the studio back up and running properly sometime February or March 2022 anyway
and we aren't exactly the sort to go silent. not even covid did that!! i've got a podcast i've been asked to for someone, 2 books to edit, and Andy B 2 Minute Videos as I'm inspired
and talking to @Olamide and @MaryMamuzich and many others here on DingDash 🙂 but of course
and i'm doing more cooking again, and i have some mouths that will be wanting their dinner in an hour or so
Andy B
When Saul allowed David to go fight Goliath, I imagine him taking many deep breaths, perhaps hyperventilating and wondering if he'd actually just handed his own head to the enemy.
Who can you give authority to, so they can be [further]empowered to do Gods will?!?
When David went to face Goliath, he stripped off the armour that the King gave him, so that he could fight his own way; so that he could fight the way God had trained him to fight.
Where is God stripping away your armour so you, too, can fight His way?!?
As we face up to another house move, I miss the home we owned, that we sold so we can live by faith - over 15 years ago.
It was a huge piece of armour! And yet, we have fought many battles, since, that that piece of armour would have prevented us from fighting.
So, where is God stripping away the armour you value - so you can fight God's way, in the way He has already trained you?
Andy B
PS Philippians 4 v 10 and 13 fit in well here too!
Crafty Christmas 2021
For the Berry Bunch Crafty Christmas this year, JoJo and Andy B talk about the Christmas Story and encourage us to make the Nativity scene using toilet rolls. There’s method in their madness as Andy reveals that the toilet roll characters in the Nativity will be something of a launch of Toilet Roll Tales for Little Blessings Online in the New Year!
JoJo and Andy introduce the main characters in the Christmas story, including angels, Mary, Joseph, Shepherds, animals, wise men and of course the most important person -Jesus as a baby.
You may need to check the bible for yourself for a more, full, and accurate account of the birth of Christ, but you’ll get the gist of it with JoJo and Andy B!
Why not make your very own Toilet Roll Nativity scene with all the key characters and some animals thrown in. You could use real straw or yellow paper and finish by decorating with lights, after all – Jesus is the light of the world!
Christmas Special Editions, 2021
Much like the story of Mary and Joseph, our best laid plans don't always go the way me might have hoped.
Mary, I would imagine, would quite possibly have preferred a fully staffed hospital with midwife support, over a stable possibly stuffed full with smelly animals, and her nervous husband doing what was needed.
And, as a family, we would have preferred not to have lost most of November and December to illness, hospital stays and plenty of other life related stress events that managed to cram themselves into an insanely tiny amount of time!
But, it is what it is!
READ MORE - https://www.berrybunch.family/christmas-special-editions-2021/
Crafty Christmas 2021, Blooper, Audio Test
We hadn't been able to film for nearly 2 months, so thought we'd test the audio so our middle son could sort everything out after such a long break.
But being told to just talk normally for a while, usually doesn't work out as he hopes it will.
So we had some fun!
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Did some baking today 😊 Another first, since October.
One for a colleague of Jo's who took on a bunch of Jo's work so she could have less t so, due to me being ill
Managed to hand it to her this evening, when I dropped off Jo at work.
Baked a second one at the same time for us. Gonna ice that one shortly for the morning tea and cake moment we can now have 🙂
An Iranian Christian working with BTJ had 1,000 Bibles in his home to give to other believers. The Bibles were not hidden.
The police busted into his home looking for the Bibles. They looked at them, but couldn't see them!!!
How is that possible?
https://backtojerusalem.com/the-invisible-bible-miracle-police-raid-looked-for-bibles-found-them-but-couldnt-see-them/
Our Father in Heaven is not a scorekeeper, judging us by our failures vs. our successes. God, the father is goal-oriented. What matters is who we become, not what we have done.
The things we do shape who we become, but the way we respond to the conviction of the Holy Spirit, reshapes us into the image God intends. It doesn’t matter what crooked forms we took in the past.
What matters is our willingness to be remolded.
@Berrybunchfamily @tanjaostman I totally agree!! Hot chocolate sounds good! Enjoy!!
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