Christmas

Every year I feel the pressure swell sometime around November. I used to be able to stave it off until after Thanksgiving, but each year it comes just a little earlier. I want the perfect [...]

You've heard all the cliches before. You've maybe even spoken some of them. “Jesus is the reason for the season.” “Let's keep Christ in Christmas.” And so on. This isn't your first holiday rodeo, [...]

I think there are 12 pie crusts on our buffet awaiting the arrival of their first loves this morning.  A bacon-laden turkey sits unaware that it will soon achieve it’s finest hour.  And the house [...]

I had to laugh when I stopped by my local Target at 8am on Halloween morning to pick up more candy, and a zealous worker was already removing the candy and replacing it with boxes of Christmas [...]

Christmas crunch time has arrived. In fact, I’m a little shocked you’re reading this because I figured everyone would be busy with events and travel and last-minute errands. But here you are, so [...]

Every year it’s the same hopeful mantra… This year, Christmas is going to be different—I’m going to find a way to slow down and focus on “the reason for the season.” I’ll find the time to [...]

Back, back, back in the day, families generally lived near their extended relatives. In some countries where land and heritage are priorities, this is still the case. But because we in the U.S. [...]

2019 is here and if you're like many, you’ll wake up tomorrow determined to change your life. You’ll buy a new planner, dust off your bucket list, set career goals, and possibly spend $500 at the [...]

What is Advent? Is it in the Bible? How do church traditions during Advent season relate to the calendar full of treats we open every day leading to Christmas?

Trials, pain, and sadness are very real things in this world, often rearing their ugly head during the advent season. As we face the issues brought about by these ‘challenges,’ Jesus makes us a [...]