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Why We Stopped Going House to House for the Holidays

We hit a breaking point. We were so tired of rushing from house to house; we had truly begun to dread holidays. It was time to make a change for our family.

WATCH: Hobby Lobby Lights Up Mom Hearts With Viral Christmas Ad

Has Hobby Lobby entered the world of emotionally persuasive holiday short-form cinema? It would certainly seem so! And their Christmas ad effort is 100% geared toward what is undoubtedly their most loyal customer: busy (exhausted, out-of-time) moms.

“This Christmas I Want Food”: What These Foster Kids Want For Christmas Is Heartbreaking

None of them asked for this year’s hottest toy, or another video game to add to their collection. No, the children who filled out these tags listed their “innermost dreams”—things that should be part of everyone’s childhood.

Denzel Washington a Preacher? He Reveals a Prophecy That Said He’d Preach to Millions 42 Years Ago

Could Denzel Washington be a preacher? Read these words:

“Everything you think you see in me, everything I’ve accomplished, everything you think I have—and I have a few things. Everything that I have is by the grace of God. Understand that. It’s a gift.”

Those are the words of Denzel Washington at the Dillard University commencement speech in 2015.

While they may seem like a warm and fuzzy Christian cliché from someone who clearly has it made, don’t let his current success fool you.

Allow me to take you back four decades. I will take you to a small salon where Denzel Washington’s present failure met with God’s future promise. That future promise from God met Denzel Washington in a way that he never could have imagined…

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What is this about Denzel Washington the preacher?

The day in that small salon four decades ago was March 27, 1975.

The Oscar-winning actor we know today as the star of everything from Remember the Titans to Training Day was sitting in his mother’s beauty shop after just flunking out of college.

A dropout with no projected plans for the future, Denzel Washington had no clue what he was going to do with his life. There in that Salon on that spring day, Denzel was contemplating his future.

That’s when he caught the reflection of a woman who was staring straight at him every time he looked in the mirror. How strange that must have been! Denzel Washington was minding his own business, but this woman who was staring at him clearly had something to say. And Denzel didn’t know just how profound her words would be—words that would become the greatest gift from God he’d ever receive.

Kelsey Straeter
Kelsey Straeter
Kelsey is an editor at Outreach. She’s passionate about fear fighting, freedom writing, and the pursuit of excellence in the name of crucifying perfectionism. Glitter is her favorite color, 2nd only to pink, and 3rd only to pink glitter.

Why We Stopped Going House to House for the Holidays

We hit a breaking point. We were so tired of rushing from house to house; we had truly begun to dread holidays. It was time to make a change for our family.

WATCH: Hobby Lobby Lights Up Mom Hearts With Viral Christmas Ad

Has Hobby Lobby entered the world of emotionally persuasive holiday short-form cinema? It would certainly seem so! And their Christmas ad effort is 100% geared toward what is undoubtedly their most loyal customer: busy (exhausted, out-of-time) moms.

“This Christmas I Want Food”: What These Foster Kids Want For Christmas Is Heartbreaking

None of them asked for this year’s hottest toy, or another video game to add to their collection. No, the children who filled out these tags listed their “innermost dreams”—things that should be part of everyone’s childhood.