It's time for th e main dish of Feasting on the Christmas Story . If you're just joining us, you can find a walkthrough of the first course, Ceasar Salad & Bethlehem Bread , here , and the second course, Savory Eastern Trio , here . The main dish is called Lamb in a Manger  and highlights Jesus, the Lamb of God. We cook lamb  filets and serve them on a "bed of straw", made of French fries and green beans. Some of our kids enjoy their meat with ketchup, and we let that quietly

Here is part two of Feasting on the Christmas Story , a Scripture-based meal I created to remember the first Noël. In case you missed the first course, Caesar Salad & Bethlehem Bread, you can find that here . After we've set the stage for the Nativity story, we serve the Savory Eastern Trio . This is carrots served three ways, to represent the three gifts of the Magi who came from the East to find Jesus. Yes, even though they arrived after the Savior's birth, the Magi and th

Welcome to the first course of Feasting on the Christmas Story , a Scripture-based meal to remember the first Noel. Before we eat anything, we gather at the table and read Luke 2:1-5 (NIV). In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Ga

It was time to host my first Christmas lunch, and I wanted a meal that meant something. Now it's our family tradition! Every dish of this Scripture-based meal is specially chosen to align with the Nativity story, and I'll be posting about them over the next four Wednesdays. Stay tuned... November 19: Caesar Salad & Bethlehem Bread November 26: Savory Eastern Trio December 3: Lamb in a Manger December 10: Celestial King Cake If you want the printable, ready-to-use v