Tag Archives: Faith

We talk a lot about the winter blues. There are uncountable articles on the subject and even those of us who like to be inside get the winter blues at times. After all, the days are shorter and darker...

I did Christmas a little differently this year and I learned a lot. I hope I can carry these lessons into the future and put them into use. Usually, Christmas causes me so much stress. People with a b...

There's something about this time of year that makes everything feel both tender and overwhelming. The decorations are barely packed away, the calendar is already filling up, and the kids seem to have...

Somehow, by a miracle rivaling the feeding of the 5,000, we've made it to the end of another year. If you're a mom, you know this wasn't accomplished by strength alone. No, this took prayer, caffeine,...

Christmas time is a great time to reflect on the story of the birth of Jesus. There are reminders everywhere. Displays at the grocery store, Christmas music in the mall and restaurants. Loved ones exc...

As the year draws to a close, many of us feel the weight of what we've walked through. Maybe it was a year of unexpected loss, unanswered prayers, or battles you never saw coming. Maybe it was a year ...

We have a joke in our family. One of those things that didn't start out as being funny, but as the years have passed, I can finally see the humor in it. I became the family matriarch at quite a young ...

Last year, at our church's Candlelight Christmas Eve service, I struck up a conversation with the woman sitting next to my family as we were all getting settled in our seats. She commented on our four...

And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 There was no room for Jesus at the Inn...

This week I've been learning that regulating my emotions is active not passive. I have to act on it, it will not just happen by itself. After I got done asking myself why I have to do hard things, it ...