In our family, we have more Christmas traditions than we can count. But one of the ways we stay focused on the spiritual center of the holidays is by lighting a candle on Christmas Eve and reading the nativity story aloud together. We take turns, reading around the room, until the complete story has been told. There are many simplified …
From Holiday Fatigue to Advent Awe by Beth Webb Hart
“… behind all our fun and games at Christmastime, we should try not to escape a sense of awe, almost a sense of fright, at what God has done. We must never allow anything to blind us to the true significance of what happened at Bethlehem so long ago. Nothing can alter the fact that we live on a visited …
Just Enough, More Than Enough, and a Gracious Plenty by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
Let me tell you a story about three men I know… Just Enough, More than Enough, and A Gracious Plenty. Just Enough has a decent paying job but he spends all his time making sure the money doesn’t run out before the month does. Just Enough goes to church but he has a hard time getting there regularly. He tries …
Journey of Insane Obedience
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. James 1:27We just came off of an election this week. Maybe like me, some of your are or were disappointed in the result. While God calls us to obey every governing authority, …
If only in my dreams…by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
I’ve been so tempted to parrot the other belles with this dream job question. I so identified with Lisa’s powerful post. I was phased out of my all-time favorite job of mothering, too, although I’m further removed from that shocker time-wise. I didn’t realize how time had dulled the memory of those very raw emotions until Lisa brought them back …
Midlife State of Mind by Beth Webb Hart
Shellie Tomlinson’s books are an absolute hoot, and humor is good, good medicine for the soul. Especially as we enter the madness of midlife. This week’s conversation starter: “Has a time in your life ever driven you a little crazy?” hit me just where I live at the moment. I recently turned 41, and I have to say that life …