Christmas

The Dilemma: A Too-Busy Christmas Day You’re riding in the car on your way to the third Christmas celebration in one day. Your husband stopped talking a few hours ago, your child still doesn’t [...]

Christmas is coming. Maybe that excites you...or maybe not. For every person who shouts, "EGG NOG! DECORATIVE SWEATERS! TINSEL! CHRISTMAS CAROLS!" there's someone who mumbles, "egg nog... [...]

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 [...]

It's a disconcerting fact of adulthood that it doesn't take much to feel discouraged. A glance at the headlines, a report of a friend's illness, an announcement of rising costs.... Opportunities [...]

Help your family focus on hope, peace, joy, and love this Advent season! These simple, super-doable Advent activities will brighten your families' Christmas celebration and help you create merry, [...]

  It’s Christmas and this year is one of those “fun” years when finances are tight and every penny is budgeted. Neat. I faced this same dilemma last year. As someone who loves to buy [...]

Buzzing smartphones, crammed calendars, and those tempting blue tins full of sugary butter cookies are among the many things vying for our attention during a busy holiday season; each one invites [...]

Your tree is probably going up in the next week or so, if it's not already up. It will glisten with ornaments crafted with the prowess of a second grader's hand, revealing the abundance of [...]

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 [...]

Saying that we want to focus on Jesus during Christmas and actually doing it are two separate things. The doing is the hard part—there are a lot of things filling up our minds, and many of them [...]