~ DEBORAH SHANK IS OUR GUEST WRITER TODAY ~ I am honored to have the opportunity to write for Laced With Grace this month. Thank you for the opportunity to be a featured writer for this blog. You have blessed me! Christmas is far more than gifts and a wish list.…
Read moreThe Gift The baby born that cloudless night slept in a bed of hay; The One for whom a thousand years is but a single day. The One who hung the stars in space and formed us from the dust; The Lord of all creation had come to dwell with…
Read more“When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying…
Read moreI didn’t grow up with many traditions. Certainly none based in the birth of Christ. But I loved the ones I shared with my mother. So when my daughters were born, and I’d found my way back to my faith, I started creating our own traditions with a little help…
Read moreRecently I found my family to be in danger. Something tragic happened and I couldn’t help but feel like a momma in a pack of animals. As I got thinking about a pack of animals I realized that they do everything together. They hunt together. They run together. They survive…
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