1.0Fellowship of Saints and Sinnershttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/fellowshipofsaintsandsinnersKristina Robb-Doverhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/author/krobbdover"I Want Jesus!" - Fellowship of Saints and Sinnersrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3otYgr4FQj"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2011/12/i-want-jesus.html">“I Want Jesus!”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2011/12/i-want-jesus.html/embed#?secret=3otYgr4FQj" width="600" height="338" title="““I Want Jesus!”” — Fellowship of Saints and Sinners" data-secret="3otYgr4FQj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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“I want Jesus!,” my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter exclaimed the other day, as she grasped for the ceramic baby Jesus in the nativity scene on our kitchen table. These days when advertisers prostitute themselves for our dollars and every manner of holiday festivity competes for our time, my daughter’s un-self-conscious exclamation reminds me of what I really…