Holiday Sparkle on a Shoestring! (And my favorite buttery Christmas cookie recipe)
Holiday Sparkle on a Shoestring! (And my favorite buttery Christmas cookie recipe) The perfectly decorated fireplace mantle on the cover of a holiday magazine or the perfectly lit tree in your neighbors’ front yard can result in feelings of inadequacies. It is...
The Absence of Community at Christmas ~Shelly Miller
For many years, while living in Phoenix, our ministry family found intimate community inside the walls of a beloved church on Christmas Eve. Last year, in our small seaside town, we were wondering where we might worship, if our absence would be noticed by the...
The God Who Is With Us
It as about a year ago when my husband and I looked at each other and knew that it was time. It was time to stop waiting around for something to happen and for our circumstances to change. We made a decision to step out into the unknown and chase a dream and...
Answering Questions About Santa
For years I would stand in the kitchen stirring a pot of gumbo answering questions about Santa. “Is Santa, real?” They would ask with big eyes. “Susie-Q says there is no such thing as Santa!” Calmly each time, I would stir the pot some more and ask,...
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