Today Beth Vogt is kicking off our Christmas Blog tour! This is not a sentimental Christmas memory … and I do have my husband’s permission to share this story. Once upon a Christmas time, my husband and I were newlyweds celebrating our very first Christmas together. Our tiny one-bedroom apartment was festive, thanks to the shiny silver aluminum Christmas tree …
Simple Gifts for Teachers, Neighbors and Friends
Do you break out in hives just thinking about the craziness and chaos that comes with Christmas? It doesn’t have to be that way. Inspirational authors Cara Putman, Sarah Sundin, and Tricia Goyer share about Christmas’ past in their new novella collectionWhere Treetops Glisten. Their three stories “White Christmas,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little …
10 Ways to Simplify Food & Decorations by Sarah Sundin
Do you break out in hives just thinking about the craziness and chaos that comes with Christmas? It doesn’t have to be that way. Inspirational authors Cara Putman, Sarah Sundin, and Tricia Goyer share about Christmas’ past in their new novella collection Where Treetops Glisten. Their three stories “White Christmas,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and “Have Yourself a Merry …
Simplifying Christmas | Simple Family Memory Making
Do you break out in hives just thinking about the craziness and chaos that comes with Christmas? It doesn’t have to be that way. Inspirational authors Cara Putman, Sarah Sundin, and Tricia Goyer share about Christmas’ past in their new novella collection Where Treetops Glisten. Their three stories “White Christmas,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and “Have Yourself a Merry …
9 Ways to Manage Your Schedule This Holiday
Instead, the weeks are filled with events, rehearsals, recitals, parties, and more. Christmas has become a time of immense busyness. Instead of being a season of peace and enjoyment, many of us see December approach on the calendar with a sense of dread. Do you hate that as much as I do? Do you long for an approach to the season that doesn’t make you cringe?
Merry Christmas!
As we celebrate Christmas this year, my prayer is that you would put it all together. How the baby Jesus, became the Jesus who lived among us and later became the perfect sacrifice for our sins. He is all of this and so much more. May we give our lives to Him as our present as He gave His life …
This Christmas I Give You Grace
This Christmas, I extend to you the grace to let go of the one thing that is overwhelming you. Why? Because I was talking to my friend Nicole O’Dell on her radio show, and this theme came up for both of us. Can you think of a Christmas where you have felt as harried? Where life has felt like a …
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Christmas Memories
Christmas is always a special time of year, one I look forward to each year. Over the years, it has been a time filled with family. As a child we would spend Christmas Even with my dad’s family, Christmas Day with my mom’s family, and then swap the next year. The time would be filled with food, cousins, laughter, and …
Monday Meditation: Your prayer has been heard
Yesterday morning our pastor taught out of Luke 1. In an example of the Bible being alive and active, a passage that I thought I knew inside and out took on fresh life and meaning. Look at Luke 1:13. Before we go there, let me admit that this is not where the pastor had us. He summarized it before moving …
A Birthday Party for Two
Me, my sister Janna, and Joanna For Christmas I went home to Nebraska. My family spent a week with my parents, siblings, spouses, nieces and nephews. When you put us all together there are 26 soon to be 27. It makes for a chaotic, but fun time as the adults play games and chat while the kids run around and …