Sometimes in the Christmas season, Caroline Cobb feels pressure from social media.

Oh, a good Christian mom would do this, this, this, this, this, and this.

She says the solution is to simplify your traditions and get back to the basics.

The heart behind that kind of removal of all the extra things and the extra cultural pressures

would be to focus in

on delighting in Christ and waiting for him to come and just like stoking that anticipation.

And that's what we want for our kids so that they'd take joy in the fact that Jesus came and

is coming again. Welcome to the Reviver Hearts podcast for December 12th, 2025. I'm Dana Gresh, and our host is the author of Consider Jesus, Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth.

Do you ever get an aching feeling for something better? Maybe it's hard for you to put into words. But at this time of year,

maybe you're longing for a better connection to your family and a more meaningful celebration

of Jesus coming and everything seems to fall short. Our guests today on Revive Our hearts

understand that desire. We'll hear from Aaron Davis and Caroline Cobb in just a few minutes.

Before that, here's Dana to tell you about a family who have found great comfort in the Word of God.

This is a story involving three sisters. Hi, I'm Amy Nordstrom. I'm from Rochester, Minnesota.

Carla Ruder, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hi, my name is Sarah Cleese, and I live in Elgin, Minnesota.

And their mom.

Gwen Johnson from Iota, Minnesota, right outside of Rochester.

First, a little background.

Gwen has listened to Revive Our Hearts from the very beginning.

Well, actually.

I used to listen to Elizabeth Elliott.

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