It is probably never heard of, but this year I am not putting a Christmas tree up. Shocking I know! In fact, when I tell people I am not doing it this year, they are taken back and shoot me a snarly look like I’m anti-Christmas. On the contrary. it…
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With Christmas Eve just 3 weeks away, the pressure mounts. Today’s society dictates our home decor as well as our activities – trees, wreaths, Christmas cards, numerous gatherings of friends, family, coworkers, church members. Most of it has nothing to do with the truth of Christmas. Biblically, the birth…
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I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. ~ Psalm 9:1-2 (ESV) Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving here in the United States.…
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In one week, families will gather together in order to celebrate Thanksgiving. There is a great deal of history that chronicles how this day became a tradition in the United States. My husband and I traveled to New England and visited the sites where the Pilgrims first experienced the…
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Today as we enjoy another Labor Day, may we reflect upon what God says about work and rest. If we look at the very beginning of time, we will see that both working and resting were important. God, Himself, labored for six days creating our world but on the seventh…
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