It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and we're all busy to prove it! How can we keep Christmas focused on Christ this year? Over the past few weeks, there has been a recurring thought in my mind; a couple of words keep being whispered in my heart and head. "Make room." The gentle nudge to clear out the old to make room for the new is becoming ...
Why is Thanksgiving So Important?
It's the week before Thanksgiving, and I'm busy getting ready for the kids' school luncheon, planning what I'll bake and looking for Egg Bowl tickets because that's all my teenager wanted to do for her birthday. I now have a teenager. Did I mention that? Time flies when you're having fun. Or having babies. Or both, I guess. Anyway, as I look toward the day we here in the U.S. set aside ...
Don’t Leave Out The Love – Understanding The Key to Meaningful Service
You're busy. I know it, you know it, everybody knows it. How can you still do "all the things" you need to do with the love of Christ? How can that make your service meaningful? This week, I've been resting. Seriously. Weeks ago, a friend asked me to accompany her to a conference, and I told her I would. Then life happened. I completely forgot the dates of ...
How to Keep Your Focus on Christ
It's the last day of October, and the pecans are starting to fall a little more slowly so this might just be the last of my pecan picking parables. I hope you'll bear with me once more because over the past few weeks I've realized how hard it can be for me to stay on track, to focus. It really shouldn't come as such a big surprise. The unfinished projects ...