I’m not sure exactly when or how it started, but it has become a longstanding tradition in our family to give our kids one…
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When I first learned about Elf on the Shelf, I wasn’t just skeptical; I was resistant. Even though all of the elf antics looked…
Nothing stops me in my tracks every year quite like seeing the first box of Queen Anne cordial cherries on a shelf in the…
Every Advent as I double check to make sure we’ve got enough candles for the Advent wreath, I ask myself if the first candle…
I love Advent wreaths. Their beauty and simplicity fill me with the awe and wonder of Advent. The flickering lights of the candles awakens…
I have heard many sermons on the different kinds of love in the New Testament. I was always told that there was friendship love,…
One-by-one we’re opening all the doors on our Advent calendars as we count down the days until Christmas. As each day passes, we get…
The Advent wreath seems so simple in its presentation: a single wreath, four taper candles, a pillar candle in the center, and four themes….
When I first began this anti-Advent wreath project, I assumed that I would be talking about despair for week 1. But, the more I…
We recently put up all of the Christmas decorations at my church, and we’ve started the work of putting them up at our house….