Since the kids were babies, our family has Christmas tradition. Sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, after the children were snuggled in their beds, James and I would sneak upstairs and whisper, “We’re going crazy.” They would scream in delight as we picked them up, carried them down to the …
On October 20, 1864, President Lincoln signed a proclamation declaring the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. As I read the proclamation I was surprised at what it said. I was sad racism is still a part of our country, and God is not–at least on the governmental level. …
What I’m thinking about this week God calls us his children. He doesn’t call us his brother, or sister, aunt or uncle. He calls us his children. I’ve been chewing on that all week. Does that mean we should come to him in child-like faith? Like when a child asks …
One of my goals is to say no to some things, so I can have the time and space to say yes to the things I love and want to do. After reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo in the summer …
We started a Christmas family tradition when the kids were bitty babies. One day between Thanksgiving and Christmas we would tuck them snugly in bed and sneak out to the kitchen to pop popcorn and make hot chocolate. With anticipation we would come into their rooms and swoop them up …
