I love doing puzzles! I’ve been putting puzzles together for as long as I can remember. I find them very soothing to get lost in a picture, a picture that I see once I begin and then once I end. You see, once I pick out which puzzle we are…
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Last night was our family’s traditional trip to Opryland in Nashville, TN. It’s such a calming experience to see so many Christmas lights while we walk with our hot drinks of coffee or hot chocolate. We go every year to see the lights and to watch the water show where they…
We are in the Advent season as Christ followers. I have to admit, though, that I was wondering what the definition of advent was, so I had to look it up. Advent is the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. The dictionary gave an example of advent as…
Over Thanksgiving, we were close enough to the Billy Graham Library that we decided this would be a great rainy-day activity. The Library consists of his home when he was younger, a barn which contains memorabilia, and the grounds also include where he and his wife are buried; along with…
Thanksgiving is less than a week away. This is a fun time where many think about the food, the family, and the fellowship. It’s also a time of stress when others think about what they can afford to cook, what family is missing, and how lonely they feel inside. For others,…
A couple of weeks ago we talked about dealing with life’s monuments. We talked about how it shapes us, what it represents to us, what it represents to others, and what it represents to God. These monuments were big and momentous times that happened to us and impacted our lives….
I don’t know about you, but I enjoy a day off. A day where life is all about me: no chores, no business, no school, and no church. Life doesn’t seem to give us many of those days. There always seems to be one thing to do where you have…
When I think of a monument, I think of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. It is a symbol of our country that for me symbolizes unity. I honestly don’t know if there is an actual meaning behind this monument or if the singularity of the monument represents Washington’s first…
This week we will enter into the town of Capernaum in the New Testament. I’m in the process of reading the gospels in my chronological Bible, and I’m having so much fun reliving the places and towns we visited as I read these stories. For those of you who do…
Life is full of disappointment. As I taught Sunday School last week, I gave the class a quick overview of the book The Last Arrow by Erwin McManus. I love the example of continuing to strike the arrow until you’re told to stop. Oftentimes in my life, I will continue…