Christ-centered Christmas

I got the text message right after the church service ended.  It said, “Mom passed away yesterday afternoon.”  My eyes welled up with tears as I turned to share the news with my husband. My soul has ached over the last few days, and I’m finding it hard to enjoy this season because the reality…

The last few weeks have been hard.  I’ve been sicker than a dog and I got sick during my son’s 16th birthday party while I had a house full of teens. Then there was family drama.  Which left me in tears. And then came Thanksgiving and all of its demands.  After it was all said and done, the…

I might as well just leave the following space blank seeing how I haven’t mastered this pursuit! 🙂 Take any woman who wears the hat of a wife and mother (or grandmother) and then add Christmas to the mix and, well, the last thing you’ll probably get is a woman with a gentle and quiet…

My heart and home will forever be changed because of that Christmas back in 2010.  I do and see things differently during this glorious season as a result of that trial.  Isn’t that like our God to work in such a way?  To break us, mold us, refine us…all for the sole purpose to draw…

3 years ago before this on-line ministry was born, it was during the Thanksgiving weekend when my husband made a suggestion to me about writing a book with all the Christ-centered Christmas activities I did with my kids.  He felt it would be a great resource for me to give to all of the families…

Buying gifts, standing in long lines, tensions building in relationships, concerns over finances, experiencing a bit of frustration, irritability, and exhaustion in trying to do it all.  Yep, it sure sounds like the Christmas season is here! Sadly to say, the Christmas season hasn’t always been an enjoyable time of year for me. From feeling like…