Precious Moments Blog
Sam Butcher was driving down a country road when he spotted a bumper sticker and honked the horn. The woman driving the car ahead had apparently forgotten it was there. What followed was awkward, f...
They weren't introduced as collectibles. They were sold as giftware. But the people who brought them home had other ideas — and within just a few years, the Original 21 Precious Moments figurines h...
Sam Butcher designed the Chapel's iron gates on four paper napkins at a coffee shop in the Philippines. That's how this whole thing went — one extraordinary act of faith and craftsmanship at a time.
When Phillip Butcher, Sam's son, passed away at 27, his father did what he always did with the moments that mattered most — he painted. What he created became one of the most quietly powerful rooms...
It is the only painting in the Precious Moments Chapel that Sam Butcher ever signed — and he signed it three times before he felt the signature was humble enough. This is the story of Hallelujah Sq...
Gene Freedman made a stopover in Los Angeles on his way to Asia. On a whim, he walked into a gift show. What he saw there — a poster of two boys with teardrop eyes — would launch one of the most be...
