Category: Holidays

Everything Has Changed!

I’m paranoid about driving on slippery roads. I’m even a bit paranoid about driving on potentially slippery roads. Ask my family. They’ll tell you. I think I’m forever scarred by the look of terror in the eyes of the driver in the car I almost broadsided when my car — along with a half-dozen others — went out of control on an icy overpass. That was back in my single schoolteacher […]

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Stop and Wonder

“And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” (John 1:14) And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. The One who caused the world to exist, the One who sustains it by His power, the One who spoke us into being — He became flesh. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. The Maker was made. The Word that spoke everything into existence, was conceived by the Holy […]

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$100 Gift Certificate Giveaway — Just in Time for Christmas!

The Christmas music is out now. So are all the Christmas books. And so are all my boxes of Christmas decorations. We decorate our house for Christmas. A lot. We’re celebrating our Savior King’s birthday, after all. I’ve been pushing around boxes and sweeping up fake fir needles most of the day. (Praise God, other people wanted to eat badly enough to help cook something!) So I’m tired, and it’s […]

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Heroes for Our Children

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Romans 8:37) Today is Reformation Day! This is the day, 496 years ago, when Martin Luther nailed a collection of statements onto the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. These “95 Theses” were opposing various practices of the church, and they were the beginning of what is now known as the Protestant Reformation. Over […]

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Time to Think and Plan

It’s New Year’s Eve day while I write this. Tonight we enjoy one more holiday gathering, and then it’s time to settle down and get some work done! So I’m sitting in Starbucks with my computer and Bible and my basic template for goal writing. It’s time to plan for this next year. I’ve enjoyed several hours of thinking and re-evaluating and typing (and nibbling). Do you have a plan for […]

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A Gift the Children Can Give

It’s almost Christmas Day! Here’s a little something for your children, if they need some help coming up with simple gifts to give. Help them give of themselves during this season when we celebrate the great gift of God’s Son to the world. Print out these coupons, cut them out, and help your children think of acts of service and love that they can give to others — to siblings, […]

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Another Great Christmas Book — and a Giveaway!

We found it. We found our children’s Christmas book for the year. The highlight of our annual Christmas shopping downtown was Powell’s Books (and the falafel pocket sandwich at the Saturday Market). John and I headed to the children’s section (with many detours along the way), gathered an armload of promising-looking Christmas books from the shelves, and settled onto two pint-sized chairs next to a tiny table. We were looking […]

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Favorite Christmas Books

Ruby and I had our first sleep-over last night. She has spent the night along with her sister before, but this time it was just Ruby all by herself. Wow! One grandchild at a time is a lot different than seven all at once — just like when our kids were all little. Back then , I started taking just one child out at a time, all by himself, for […]

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Christmas Carols!

I love Christmas, and one of the things I love most about it is the music. I can’t imagine Christmas without Christmas music! There’s just so much to sing about! Take some time this year to talk about some of the Christmas carols with your children. We grow up singing the familiar carols — Silent Night. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. Angels We Have Heard on High. God Rest […]

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Helping Our Children Remember God’s Hand in Their Lives

Last night we watched reminders lighting up the sky all around us. Fireworks, sparklers, booms, and cracklings all helped us remember the battles that men fought to earn our country’s freedom. Independence Day commemorates the beginnings of our nation, and if we want to do our job well, we will take advantage of the holiday to teach our children about God’s hand in our country’s history. Memorials are powerful teaching tools. […]

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