It’s Christmas Eve! I can’t believe how time flew. We all say that though, don’t we? It’s easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of holiday preparations that we lose track of time. Suddenly, it’s here. Christmas Eve. Christmas Day. A new year. This morning I received a FutureMe.org email I wrote a year […]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown Calendar
Advent: He Came & He’s Coming
I’ve been thinking about Advent. It seems I’ve seen more Advent calendars on sale this year than in all the previous years combined, and I want to give in to some of them. Too bad the ones I really want – the makeup ones! – are super expensive. It’s probably for the best because Advent […]
A Free Online Advent Experience
December comes in less than two weeks, and I am excited. Christmas is my favorite holiday and not just because we remember Christ’s birth on this day, but also because we celebrate good will, well wishes, family, and generosity. I also love the bright twinkling lights, carols, colorful decorations, crackling fireplaces, hot cocoa, and bundling […]
A Single Christmas Poem
It’s Christmas week And all through the house A single girl is rejoicing Though she doesn’t have a spouse She knows in her heart She’s never alone She has friends, she has family She has Christ on the throne She’s redeemed, she has grace Her heart is protected By the King of kings She has […]
Christmas from the Philippines to California
The streets were dark and so were most of the houses. There were no street lamps to guide the way for the rag-tag group of carolers. There were no strings of twinkling lights to beacon us to the more welcoming houses. So onward we went, house to house, ringing one doorbell after another. I stood […]