Free Christmas Album with Donation to Family Council

November is here, and–as the stores are all letting us know–the Christmas season is upon us.

All during the months of November and December, Family Council is giving away a free, digital Christmas album to anyone who donates via our website. These donations will help us finish 2011 strong and begin 2012 with confidence. No gift is too small. Just click here to send your donation. We will send you an email with instructions for downloading your copy of the album we’ve assembled.

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A Christmas Scene

Around midnight on Christmas Eve our house gets very quiet.  By then, our boys are in bed, and it is time to lock the doors and turn out the lights.  That’s when I pause for just a minute to listen to the silence.

The lights on the tree don’t make a sound.  All the gifts are wrapped, the food is prepared, the stores are all closed, and a few coals are still glowing in the fireplace—Christmas has arrived.

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