A Womans Guide to Meeting God
At Christmas people from every nation and every tongue will celebrate the birth of Jesus. They’ll attend church, sing songs, read scripture, light a candle. It’s only fitting. Christmas changed…
Comfort and Joy. I looked down at my Christmas coffee cup and noticed the words etched on the side. This year, more than any other, this is what I need….
Tonight the world will pause. Picture it in your mind: Believers in Beijing, Boston, London, Lima, Laguna Hills; people of every nation, every race, every color, every language will–for a…
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No room. It was a problem the day Jesus was born, and it’s a problem, still. Even in the midst of a crazy 2020–though one would think this is the…
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“Mom, why do we give gifts at Christmas?” I was driving down the highway when Ashton asked this question from the backseat of our black SUV. She must have been…
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No room. It was a problem the day Jesus was born, and it’s a problem, still. The season we celebrate Jesus coming to live among us, is the season it’s hardest to squeeze him in. At least, sometimes it is for me. When we read the Christmas story, it’s easy to shake our […]
No room. It was a problem the day Jesus was born, and it’s a problem, still. The season we celebrate Jesus coming to live among us, is the season it’s hardest to squeeze him in. At least, sometimes it is for me. When we read the Christmas story, it’s easy to shake our […]
The conversation went something like this: “She has nowhere to go. Do you think we should invite her to spend Christmas with us?” It seemed like something Jesus would want us to do, given that it is His birthday, after all. However, the backstory made the invitation something JP and I needed to discuss: […]
It happens every year. I run around like a mad woman, shopping, wrapping, addressing, sending, and spending. My email fills with ruthless attempts from stores to lure me with lines like, “Last chance!” “Only one more day!” “Last day to save!” Oh, the pressure. Then Christmas Eve dawns. Something inside me shifts. I can feel […]
I’m that woman. You know the one. The gal who takes back her Christmas tree. You’ve never met someone who’s actually crazy enough to return a tree? I hadn’t either. And then I became her. Like all Christmas debacles it happened innocently enough. Our tried and true Jones family tree traditions were no longer possible […]