“O rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing.” This year ends mostly on good notes - a merry Mississippi Christmas trip ahea...

I love the good truth found in hymns.  Don’t get me wrong, this traditional Presbyterian girl can enjoy a good praise song, but the heavy m...

In Sunday School, we watched this Christmas message by Louie Giglio.  If you have time this season, I encourage you to listen to it while w...

Last week was the first week of advent, the week where we light the candle of HOPE. This has always been my favorite week of advent -- parti...

I love the holiday season (yes, maybe that makes me #basic).  I love it all- the glimmer of lights cheering up even the dullest days, upbeat...

A random Holiday blogpost..... First, one year ago YESTERDAY, Dave proposed to me .  Such a happy day for us, and personally for me, such...

We spend a good amount of time during advent discussing that Jesus came, died, rose and will come again!! What wonderful joyful news! C...

I've read a few articles recently about not romanticizing Christmas and not getting our hopes up just because it's the holiday s...

This week, Advent focuses on peace. Therefore, by default, I think Advent focuses on trust...because the only way to have peace in life is...

It's been crazy around here and I haven't had time to blog much this week --- but it doesn't mean I haven't had time to read...

This week, one of my favorite times of the year begins: Advent. The first candle of advent is the candle of hope.  Hope is one of my favorit...