As we head into the holiday season, our thoughts often turn toward home–from traveling to visit family and friends faraway to preparing to welcome people into our homes. It’s also a season of grief as we recognize the people who won’t be joining us at home for the holidays, or those who have been displaced […]
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6 Meaningful & Free Gifts Anyone Can Give
Congratulations to Larri & Nicci for winning the devotionals Just Sayin’ and Dare U 2 Open This Book from Zonderkidz and Carol McAdams Moore. I wish I had a book for every person who entered! You can find copies for your tweens wherever books are sold, or here and here on Amazon. Thank you all […]
Holiday Hospitality
[pinit] ‘Tis the season to deck the halls and open your doors to family and friends both near and far. Or crawl in a hole and hide until it’s all over. I confess, hospitality isn’t my gift – not in the spiritual or the practical sense. For years, I hid behind a list of excuses […]
How I’m trying not to be a Valentines Day Scrooge
Oh Valentines Day. Sigh. I loved Valentines Day in elementary school. The cards, the candy, the Valentine Box contest. When I was in the fourth grade we had a contest for the most creative Valentines Box. The teacher tasked us with designing and coming up with our own box hold all our Valentines cards and […]