**Note: The 40 Day Easter Reading Plan has been updated with all of the necessary corrections ** Have you ever stopped to wonder why it is that we spend the entire month of December celebrating Christmas, but only “Holy Week” celebrating Easter? Some people celebrate Christmas for two or three months. But without Easter, Christmas…
I am one of those people that make resolutions all year long. In fact, I tend to make some sort of resolution every single day – and then get frustrated when I blow it. But I am starting to change this pattern, and today I want to show you how I’m doing this and why….
I remember one year when my mom received a devotional book on the names of Jesus. We used that book in family devotions, and often wrote out the names of Jesus in calligraphy, and I recall how meaningful that was. How I was forced to slow down, while carefully writing out each fancy letter, and…
Have you ever stopped consider all of the names for Jesus that we find in the Bible? The amazing thing about all of the names of Jesus we find in the Bible is that each of them gives us a new glimpse into His character. Who He is. When it says that God is love,…
I love Christmas baking! The planning, the mixing, the smells….the colors. I love including my kids in all of the baking and seeing their faces light up as they make candy canes, Christmas trees, and snowmen. I always make way too much. I also always make a huge mess. But somehow, it never really matters,…
I am done with making New Year’s Resolutions. I am an expert at making resolutions….and immediately failing at them. And if there is anything I really hate, it is feeling like a failure. But what I hate more than feeling like a failure is feeling like a failure all year long! There is something about…
