This morning I finished my coffee in the kitchen and slipped quietly into the living room. I laid down on the sofa listening to the battery-operated Santa play the same four tunes over and over again. I lay there admiring the decorated Christmas tree and searching for my name among all the presents underneath. Christmas this year… [Read More]
Christmas
tasty tuesday: all things Christmas with Jennifer Dukes Lee
Jennifer Dukes Lee, author and blogger, is one of the nicest people online! I’ve been joining her weekly linkup for well over a two years and when you invest time in reading people’s words, you kind of get to know them. Jennifer is articulate and extremely well-written. She is the wife of a farmer and… [Read More]
quietude: december 18 2016
Today, we light the purple candle of PEACE. The world loves this word…PEACE. In the 60’s a movement was triggered for it. A war raged across the big Pacific pond and protesters were shouting, “PEACE!” “Give Peace a Chance.” I have PEACE. I know PEACE. I walk in PEACE. I talk with PEACE. I sleep… [Read More]
Overwhelmed by Christmas?
Today is true confessions! Because of changes in our family dynamics, Christmastime presents a struggling of heart. Why do things have to change? I don’t have, nor do I expect, an answer to that question. Our two sons live in South Florida and both have jobs which don’t allow for holiday travel – in other words,… [Read More]
tasty tuesday: all things Christmas with Lisa-Jo Baker
I “met” Lisa-Jo Baker this past winter when I was contemplating compiling the Five Minute Friday book, yet, that wasn’t my first encounter with her! In 2014 she released her book, Surprised by Motherhood, and I was blessed to be one of its first readers. The book is an honest, sincere, serious, and, at times… [Read More]
holiday haiku
Last year Wendy Speake did a blog series with posts from 24 writers, all in Haiku poetry. In case you don’t know what that is, I’ll explain. Haiku is a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables each, traditionally evoking images of the natural world. Wendy gave out the… [Read More]
tasty tuesday: all things Christmas with Liz Curtis Higgs
Have you ever known someone you’ve never met in real life, someone you’ve communicated with by way of letters or email and they felt like a close friend? That’s how I think of Liz Curtis Higgs! Yes, the author of umpteen books and speaker extraordinaire, Lizzie, is my friend. Let me tell you how it began!… [Read More]
quietude: december 4 2016
The second Sonday of Advent is LOVE! Today, the love candle will be lit. Today, Advent sermons will be preached and stories will be told. Love, the mightiest force of human kind. The Bible tells us God LOVED the world so much that He sent His only Son, His one and only beloved Son – so… [Read More]