by Kathy | Nov 26, 2018 | Christmas, Grace, Guest Post, Salvation
Today’s blog is adapted from Jennifer Kennedy Dean’s new book “Pursuing the Christ: Prayers for Christmastime.” Christmas is the day we have marked on our calendars to celebrate that pivotal event upon which all human history hangs. On a...
by Kathy | Nov 22, 2018 | Christmas, Resources, Uncategorized
Happy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for you! I’ve been waiting for a chance to give away this Bible. It’s an ESV Single Column Journaling Bible like I use in my own daily quiet time. The only difference is this one is not LARGE PRINT like mine! So, when I...
by Kathy | Dec 18, 2017 | Christmas, God's love, Ministry, Resources
Last week, my husband and I did something new together and had a blast! We volunteered our time at a shoebox processing center for Operation Christmas Child. When our children were growing up, our family packed three Christmas shoeboxes every year. Each of our kids...
by Kathy | Dec 11, 2017 | Christmas, Devotional, Trials and difficulties, Unshakeable Faith
Christmas often comes with high expectations. We think everything has to be just so. Perfect decorations. Perfect family. Perfect gifts. Perfect meal. Perfect Christmas. Our culture perpetuates this fantasy. In the dozens of made-for-TV Christmas movies, the girl...
by Kathy | Dec 7, 2017 | Christmas, Devotional, Grace, Salvation
One of our family’s Christmas traditions has been to read the biblical Christmas story together on Christmas Eve. We read those chapters from Matthew and Luke about the angels, the shepherds, the star, the magi, and the infant Christ born in a stable in Bethlehem....
by Kathy | Dec 22, 2016 | Christmas, Salvation
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. The coming of God to mankind. We needed a Savior. We were stumbling around in the dark and could not save ourselves. We needed a Light. Then two thousand years ago, the Creator set His rescue plan in motion. The King left His...
