You’ve seen it many times—a room full of people, heads down, silent, looking at their screens. It happens in conference rooms, classrooms, family rooms, and even in church buildings. Our bodies are present, but our minds are somewhere else. This phenomenon...
Christmas is a wonderful time of hope and joy, reflecting on Christ’s birth and salvation coming into the world. We even sing “Joy to the World”…yet I can’t help but wonder about Mary, His mother. We read her story in Luke 1. She was a young girl of...
It’s the season of –ING. ShoppING CookING BakING PlannING WrappING InvitING OrderING CleanING TravelING DonatING HostING SocializING Whew! An exhausting list of verbs. I once heard someone say, “This year, I’m not going to let things that mean...
As we prepare for Christmas, many of you probably went to the store or online to buy that gift for your special someone. Or maybe you made a homemade gift. Regardless, Christmas has become a time to give gifts to others. But where did the tradition of gift-giving come...
When it comes to the holidays, there are hundreds of songs and sayings that seem to get stuck in our heads. You know the kind: “Don’t get your tinsel in a tassel,” and “Merry everything!” What if, instead of getting caught up in the retail world’s slogans and...
“You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: A rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights.” – Maya Angelo I laughed aloud the first time I read this quote, yet I felt immediately convicted. More often than I’d like...
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