Merry Christmas! 2015 has been a significant year for our family. On April 26th, our newest member entered the world, little Emily Rose. Emily’s Birth True to all three of my birth experiences, she came in a hurry! In fact, it was only by God’s mercy that we even made it to the hospital. Although I was 9.5 cm dilated (a… Read more
Every year I’m more undone at Christmastime than I was the year before. My eyes and heart are opened just a little further. I take in a fraction more of the magnitude and glory of what God did in the moment when He emerged into our reality in human form. A baby. Jesus. … My daughter and I have been researching… Read more
Some people are just thinkers. They ponder eternity, existence and theology. They love to philosophize and find meaning that colors the world their eyes see and the way life is lived from the core. That’s me 110% in case you haven’t picked up on that yet. 😉 The opposite would be a fun-loving and practical-minded mom. She seeks to know what it means to… Read more
Merry Christmas-Eve! My mother-in-law gave me an early Christmas gift this year, Christmas pillows she had made by hand. The unique thing about these pillows is they are made with fabric on which is printed rhymes about the meanings of various Christmas symbols. Some of the meanings I had heard or could have inferred, while others I didn’t know. It has been… Read more
It’s 5 days ’til Christmas. How crazy is that? This year, I wanted to help my 3-year-old daughter give her daddy a gift for Christmas. I knew they would both appreciate that opportunity. But what? Of course, I’ve also looked for my perfect gift for him and I guess this vintage leather bag like the ones at https://www.vintageleather.com.au will surely make… Read more
Last week on the blog, I talked about why you should spend less this Christmas. But that presents a problem, does it not? Many of us desire to step away from the consumeristic side of Christmas, while we also desire to give special gifts to those in our lives at Christmas. Gift giving is a godly thing after all. Jesus modeled this… Read more
Photo credit When it comes to overblown Christmas expectations, you can call me Queen Bee. Every year, I would make an insanely long list of people I wanted to bake treats for, I wanted to decorate our house inside and out, and I often overspent our Christmas budget. I also felt slightly crazy throughout December, chasing my tail and all… Read more
“That sweater she won’t like, that random gift card, that toy he doesn’t need.” Why do we spend so much money on gifts that lack meaning at Christmastime? Could it be that we believe the $ spent directly represents our love? Our culture may tell us so. And we do love these people, so we spend, spend, spend. The only problem… Read more
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