The New Year is coming! 2017 is at our door. Many feel blessed and at peace with 2016, ready for the New Year, while others cannot wait for the door to close, praying for something better around…
Finally, we have arrived. The week of Christmas is upon us. Decorations are hung, the tree is lit and wrapping is in progress. The kitchen smells of sweet spices and savory treats. We do all of this because…
I hear more about joy during the Christmas season than any other time of year. We sing Joy to the World. We talk about the joy that has come in the birth of Christ. We read about…
Peace can be kind of elusive this time of year. Christmas is upon us. Parties and gatherings fill our calendars. Shopping, wrapping and shipping squeeze in open moments. Decorating and baking wait patiently to be done. Each year…
Today we begin our step-by-step journey toward Christmas. Often we feel the snowball effect of one thing rolling into another as we try to survive the busyness of the season. One way to slow ourselves and provide a shift…
I am a rule follower. I am so glad that God doesn’t live by the rules I am convinced we need to live by. Rules are good. They have purpose. God gave 10 great ones to live by. …
Disappointed—sometimes it happens when I don’t manage my own expectations. Other times, I experience it because something doesn’t live up to its potential, not directly affecting me, but it could have been so much more. This word best sums…
A Story, we all have a story. There is a part of my story I don’t share very often. Mostly because it was hard, is hard. When sin touches your life in a profound way, but it is not…
Airplane tickets, rental car and a hotel, all to surprise a niece who needed some love. That’s family. Sixteen people surrounding a table filled with taco fixings again on a Saturday night. That’s family. Huddled around a medical bed…
The season of gratitude is just around the corner. Despite our desire to practice thankfulness everyday, we tend to focus in during the month of November, as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends. What if we…