Category: Christmas
Christmas
Devotionals
Keep A Settled Heart
I don’t know of a time of year that has more potential to be more oppressive, more directive, or more influential regarding thoughts and emotions than this time of year — this “holiday season.” I’m compelled to write today to affirm or to warn myself (and you) to keep a settled heart — to be […]...
Christmas
Recipes
cookies! cookies! cookies!
Each year at Christmastime, I look forward to making plates of cookies for our family and friends. And for the last twenty-some-odd years, I’ve enjoyed using special recipes in my cookbooks written by Susan Branch. While I still love my old cookbooks and recipe cards the most, with the advent of the internet and the […]...
Christmas
Devotionals
marriage
Slices of Life
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas by – Carroll Roberson On the first day of Christmas Jesus gave to me: salvation full and free. On the second day of Christmas Jesus gave to me: everlasting life, and salvation full and free. On the third day of Christmas Jesus gave to me: Peace in my heart, […]...
Christmas
Good Things & Gifts
Home Sweet Home
Homemaking
Gifts from your ♥ home
Each year, about this time, I refer to a “Christmas” page I created on our website and though it’s probably been up (and rarely updated) for the last ten or twelve years, it remains a great resource for me — and I hope it will be for you, too. Regardless how you spend the holidays […]...
Christmas
Devotionals
Martha, Martha…
O, Martha, Martha, where is your Mary heart? O, Martha, Martha, would you seek to have a Mary heart? My husband has whispered to me at different times in different seasons. I reflect on years gone by and all the many Christmases through the years. And quickly my mind is brought to the thought that […]...