May your heart be filled with fresh child-like wonder…
This is a busy time of year! What Christmas priorities have you set during this festive season? I love December. It’s festive and full of parties, food, traditions, and fun. I enjoy making special cookies, buying gifts for those I love, and all that the holidays bring. Over the last few years though, I’ve been …
Christmas is a busy time of year. It’s also a perfect time to strike up spiritual conversations with people you come in contact with. How do you start? What can you say to open the door to meaningful engagement and dialogue with lost people around you? Starting a Conversation She sat next to me on …
This time of year can be a bit stressful. We have so much to do, we sometimes miss the glory of what God is doing. We look right past it. We see but don’t see. For me, the end of the year is when I look back on the past year. This past week I’ve …
Feeling frustrated that it isn’t quite as easy to share about Jesus, the reason for the season this year? Let’s try something new. Join the #explainchristmaschallenge with me. Let’s saturate social media with short videos that share the true meaning of this holiday! I wrote about this last week, but it’s not too late to …
The Christmas challenge is simply aiming for 25 days of spiritual conversations during the month of December. It’s about sharing His light and love in an intentional way with those around you. Will you believe with me for a month of powerful and winsome witness to the many who long for hope and joy? The …
Who is your favorite Christmas hero? Santa Claus? The elves or wise men? My favorite is Mary, Jesus’ mom. It could be because I am a mother. She is amazing! There is much to learn from her example. Young Mary was an extraordinary woman. Handpicked by God, she gave birth to the greatest miracle of …
Christmas is my favorite time of the year! I love the lights, music, and joy in the air. The delicious food is great too! What I love the most though, is how easy it is to start conversations about Jesus in the month of December. As advent begins, my heart longs to draw closer to …
It’s Christmas Eve. We gather around the tree. Dad opens his Bible to read the Christmas story. Squirming and anxious to open our gifts, we listen, wanting him to finish so we can open presents. These are my childhood Christmas memories. They always include the reading of the story of Jesus’ birth. It was a …
Merry Christmas! I hope you are reading this blog with a happy heart as you celebrate the miraculous arrival of our Lord! What incredible good news we have to share with the world! Sometimes this message seems so incredible it is almost scary. The shepherds definitely felt afraid when they first heard of Jesus’ birth …