Fall: perfect time to order your Advent devotional
Fall is fading fast. Be sure to get outside and revel in the beauty. It's Halloween, which means Advent begins in less than a month! And today is the last day to get 40 percent [...]
A free taste of our Christmas devotional
First of all, thank you to those of you who have purchased The Gift of Christmas Present: Advent Devotions for Regaining Hope, Peace, Love and Joy. I hope you’re finding it encouraging and helpful. A [...]
Making the holidays holy days
Photo by Hans Vivek from StockSnap Maybe because it snowed on Halloween this year, I’m suddenly thinking about Christmas. Which I realized is 50 days from today. Fifty days! I tell you that [...]
Why you should ditch the “kids’ table” this Thanksgiving
In your dim memories of Thanksgivings past, you may remember it: the card table in the kitchen or the family room, possibly set with plastic cups, and a paper tablecloth, where you sat with your [...]
Will your holidays be holy days?
It's November. The holidays are coming we tell each other, sometimes with a wild, fearful look in our eyes. But think about that word—holidays. Holy days. Its etymology is far removed from its current stress-inducing [...]
Six degrees of…
My children scampered out to the bus stop this morning, bundled (as least as much as you can bundle a teenager -- which is not much, actually) against the cold. It was six degrees out. [...]