Planning for a Winning Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is next week, a holiday just as likely to cause disappointment as celebration. Watch your Facebook feed on February 14 and you’re sure to see a variety of responses. I’ve mulled this...
View ArticleAn Easter Sunday Scripture
Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of...
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 —...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleYou 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...
View ArticlePlanning for a Winning Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is next week, a holiday just as likely to cause disappointment as celebration. Watch your Facebook feed on February 14 and you’re sure to see a variety of responses. I’ve mulled this...
View ArticleAn Easter Sunday Scripture
Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of...
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 —...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleYou 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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