A few days ago, I asked my FB friends a question: "What's your LEAST favorite Christmas song?" The answers came fast and furious--every thing from "Santa Baby" to one of my least favorites "Feliz Navidad". It's easy for me to give a list of un-favorite songs in rapid fire. Shockingly, I don't like "Mary Did You Know?" at all. I might have my … [Read more...]
Come All Ye Faithful – Guest Meghan Kraft – 40 Days of Holiday Encouragement
The opening lines to my favorite Christmas carol are simple, repeated constantly during the month of December: ‘O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant.” As a little girl, I loved singing those words – and usually quite loudly. Oh, because didn’t I just feel like the embodiment of that faith and joy in the heady midst of childhood? Happy, … [Read more...]
Intentional Christmas – Guest Dineen Miller – 40 Days of Holiday Encouragement
Do you feel like Christmas rushes in so fast sometimes that just as you get in the groove to enjoy the festivities, it’s over? With Thanksgiving landing so late this year, there’s a good chance Christmas will feel even shorter. And sometimes we just get so bogged down with the demands and trials of life that we only have the energy to react to this … [Read more...]
Are You Stuffed? – 40 Days of Holiday Encouragement
Stuff. We all have it. Make no mistake about it, our houses, cars, bedrooms, cupboards, garages and purses are filled with it. Things you once loved or didn't, now stuffed in a closet, behind a chair, under a bed or overhead in the attic. If you were to make a list of all the stuff you have in boxes, stacked in the garage, or tossed beneath a … [Read more...]
Candygrams – 40 Days of Holiday Encouragement
"For God so loved the world that He gave..." John 3:16 Unfolding a piece of paper, Grace began reading off a list of names. “Jaden, Michael, Jake, Brittany, and Jessie...” “What are you doing honey?” I asked. “Our school is selling candygrams. For $1.00 I can send a message and have a candy cane delivered to someone’s home room.” She … [Read more...]
