My husband loves to play golf, but I think he actually loves buying and selling golf clubs more. I think it’s because deep down there’s a belief that if he can just get the perfect set his game will improve. (He denies this.) He’s quite good at trading in and trading up; he only buys …
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12 Days of Christmas {Gifts} – Day 8
While my husband and I were out and about recently, we passed another construction site advertising a new storage facility that was being built. Have you noticed there are a lot of them around? I looked up some statistics. According to one website, there are more than 49,000 storage facilities in the United States – …
12 Days of Christmas {Gifts} – Day 7
This past weekend I watched a mother and father lay the body of their precious 43-year-old daughter in the ground. Notice I said “body” because she is fully alive and in the presence of Jesus; she just changed her address because cancer got the better of her earth suit. On the saddest day of their …
Advent Week 4 – Jesus is the Lamb of God
In just a few days, families will gather for Christmas Eve. Your Christmas Eve might include long-held traditions like attending church together, followed by sharing well-loved recipes around the table, exchanging white elephant gifts, or caroling in your neighborhood. Children will be tucked into bed, likely overloaded with sugar and perhaps sharing their space with …
12 Days of Christmas {Gifts} – Day 6
A friend of mine recently told me a revealing story about herself. She had purchased a new coffee pot, taken it home, and brewed a pot of coffee in it. While the pot worked perfectly fine, she wasn’t impressed with the results; she likes her coffee hot and was used to the scalding hot results …
The Way Of The Word 