Every year as December approaches the call goes out among Christians to remember the “real reason for Christmas.” As television specials about Rudolph, Frosty and The Grinch are joined with songs about rocking around the Christmas tree and grandma getting run over by reindeer, it is easy to feel like Jesus’ birth gets lost in…
Showing Up for the Next Generation
I’m a doer. I have checklists and I find great satisfaction checking off my little hand-drawn boxes on lists. I’m also a busy mom – with three kids, a dog and a husband, a full-time job, a home to care for and everything (and everyone) else in between – busyness calls the shots in my…
Take Time to Slow Down
I love the holidays! I love the hustle and bustle of the season, the twinkling lights, houses smelling of cinnamon and evergreen. Our family traditions, all the parties and celebrations, the anticipation of my kids receiving their gifts. I even love the added task of the dreaded elf on the shelf. I love to go,…
A Spirit of Giving
As we enter the month of December and the Christmas season, I’d like to explore the spirit of giving. When I think of giving, especially this time of year, I think of God. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish,…
History of Thanksgiving
It is easy to pass right over Thanksgiving today. Christmas music is already on the radio and the stores have had their Christmas displays out since October. If we do think about Thanksgiving our thoughts are usually consumed with details for family gatherings, turkeys, green bean casseroles and football. But Thanksgiving was originally designed as…