One of the most difficult things about Christmas for many of us is the gift list. You may be frustrated because you really don’t know what the person needs. You would like to give money but it just seems impersonal. Here are some fun ways …
My family’s favorite Christmas gingerbread can be eaten as a snack, dessert, or even as a yummy breakfast treat! Spray an 8 x 8 pan with non-stick coating. Preheat oven to 35oF. Mix together: 1 stick softened butter 2 eggs 1/2 cup unsweetened yogurt or …
The Twelve Teas of Christmas (affiliate link to Amazon.com) by Emilie Barnes Paintings by Sandy Lynam Clough Harvest House Publishers If you want a lovely gift book that inspires you to serve tea during the holidays and beyond, you’ll enjoy The Twelve Teas of Christmas. It …
A Facebook entry proclaimed 36 days to Christmas. As if in response to that notification, a question from my quiet time reading asked, How can you experience Christmas anew this year? For me, the answer might come through reading the Christmas story in John 1:1-18. Throughout …
Are you looking for some quick, easy, and inexpensive gift ideas for your neighbors, Sunday School teachers, or guests during the holidays? Earlier in the week I shared Homemade Hot Chocolate gifts and today, banana bread. Both recipes are two, never-fail suggestions that will leave …
In December, my husband and I set aside one evening to listen to a recording of Handel’s magnificent Messiah. The twinkling tree lights, blazing fire, and cups of hot chocolate create a cozy atmosphere as we listen to the music and focus on Jesus’ birth. …
I love Christmas! If it sparkles or twinkles, I think we need two. You can imagine my inner struggle as my daughter, who has been serving on mission in a third world country, came home frustrated with the excess we live with in America. Through tears …
Are you looking for some quick, easy, and inexpensive gift ideas for your neighbors, Sunday School teachers, or guests during the holidays? Here is the first of two I will be sharing this week. Both are never-fail suggestions that will leave the recipients of the …
“The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they’re organized for.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder. When I think of a simple Christmas, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s description of childhood in a log cabin …
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as …
