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A Story: How One Unlikely Man Stopped the Stealing of Thanksgiving
So there this Farmer. Yeah, he could have been an electrician, a mechanic, a vet — and a story like this could have easily been about a salesman, a mother, a nurse, a teacher, a trucker because we’re...
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Why the Ancient Practice of Advent Matters, Now More Than Ever
This is the first time in several years that I’m actually looking forward to the Christmas season. I know that’s not terribly “Christian” of me to say, but hear me out. Two years ago, for whatever...
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On Dropping Perfect and Chasing Holy
I am a perfectionist. I can’t even say I’m a recovering perfectionist, because if I’m really honest I know I haven’t given up those tendencies. I want our memories to be lovely and pretty close to...
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Your Thanksgiving Firsts
We could look at the first real Thanksgiving, when Native Americans and English Puritans ate venison, corn, and shellfish for three days. Nice. Instead, we’re talking about your various first...
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When Your Holidays Need Another Look
I didn’t realize I couldn’t see before I got glasses in the second grade. But I remember a night shortly after getting my super sturdy (and nerdy) frames with the thick bifocal lenses. I was riding in...
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An (in)courage Advent Roundup: Resources We Love
As you prepare for Thanksgiving over the next week, we know looking forward to Christmas is unavoidable — and for good reason! Here at (in)courage, we are so excited to spend this season of Advent...
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How to Pull Your Home Together for Christmas
Let’s just take a deep breath for a moment here. It’s been a crazy few weeks, but it’s time to turn our attention to Christmas. We’ve only got five weeks to pull our home together, give or take a few...
View Article7 Days of Preparing Our Hearts for Thanksgiving
Confession: Gratitude doesn’t come naturally to me. I can find the black-winged fly in the pristine white paint. I can sound like an old church organ, creaks and sighs and whines. I can make mental...
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DaySpring Black Friday Sale {Shop and Save!}
DaySpring’s Early Black Friday Sale is going on now, with markdown specials up to 60% off you won’t want to miss! Check out these amazing deals . . . For a Friend: Everlasting Light – Shine Your Light...
View ArticleA Thanksgiving Scripture
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever . . . Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for mankind, for He satisfies the thirsty and...
View ArticleGood News for All of Us This Christmas Season
We wore bathrobes stitched by my mother’s own hand, terry cloth rough against our skin in navy blue and dark green. A white belt around the middle. We put towels on our heads, makeshift coverings with...
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The Christmas Party That Almost Wasn’t
The phone rang and I knew it was someone calling about the party. My stomach sank and I got that nervous tummy feeling. You know that one that happens when you’re tongue-tied and the words won’t come?...
View ArticleWhen Your Best of List Comes Up Empty
I love lists. I really do. As a matter of fact, I’m itching to make a grocery list right now. Then I want to make another to-do list, because the one I wrote two days ago is missing several things —...
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The Gift in the Unraveling
As much as I love Christmas, I always keep it pretty simple. My goal is always to do as little as possible, while still keeping the ambience festive and joyful in our home. It’s easy to be a scrooge...
View ArticleWhen Our Hearts Hold a Sacred Solidarity Around the Manger of God with Us
Headlights shine like lanterns in the night as the tires glide into parking spots, leading us and inviting us in. Children hold the hands of mothers and grandmothers as they enter the expectant...
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You Belong at the Table
One of my favorite Thanksgiving dinners I’ve hosted in my home was for my sister and her fiancé. They were getting married the next day and the week had been crazy with preparations. Even though the...
View ArticleSunday Scripture
“Be careful that you don’t forget the Lord your God by failing to keep his commands, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live...
View ArticleGrace for Your Unmerry Moments
Confession: Sometimes I have a bad attitude at the holidays (please tell me I’m not the only one). I want peace on earth but then I wind up feeling tempted to run over people with my shopping cart when...
View ArticleWhen Christmas Magic Escapes You
Dear Christmas Magic, I remember the way you use to tingle up my spine and flutter like a snowflake flurry in the middle of my belly. So much wonder. Excitement. Delight. How you were there every year...
View ArticleJoy to the World! Merry Christmas!
Joy to the world, the Lord is come. Let Earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven and heaven and nature sing! Wishing you...
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