Category: advent + christmas
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why I just deleted my reading list (+ an update)
Happy New Year, everyone! It’s 2015 and I am raring to go. I have had a lot of time off work over the holidays and I positively drank it all in (still am.) I sat by the fire until my back itched. I played games without thought of “what else I need to be…
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12 Things You May Not have Known about Mother Mary
Mary, Mother of Jesus has been studied, glorified, admired, iconified and revered. Though various denominations celebrate her life and her role in the faith in different ways, there’s no denying the fact that, for Bible-believers, Mary is an important character in God’s story. We all know that she was chosen to be Jesus mother through immaculate…
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How to Celebrate St. Lucia’s Day
Why us? Yesterday, as I ran a few errands by myself, I decided to try to find some new radio stations to listen to while I was in the car. I’ve recently been “broadening my horizons” by reading books, blogs, and news articles from different perspectives. No more tunnel vision, I’ve told myself. Monday I…
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Beyond Pop-Up Books: 8 Christmasy Titles to Put You in the Spirit
Disclaimer: this post contains a few modest affiliate links. At no cost to you, your clicks and purchases support a struggling blogger. 😉 Eyrie Park is home to thousands of books. There are books in every bedroom, in the den and living room, in the kitchen and in closets. At Christmas time, we empty a couple of…
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how to truly end waste
This post is part of a series. Part One, Part Two. I am hesitant to sign up to host an angel, because I’m not always a perfect hostess. What if I’m in a bad mood and fail to make conversation or I burn the casserole and forget to buy butter? And yet, when scripture says…
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8 Fair Trade Stocking Stuffers
“Truly He taught us to love one another, His law is love and His gospel is peace. Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother. And in his name all oppression shall cease.” –O Holy Night by Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure Christmas is a time to celebrate and be joyous, but that leaves no excuse…
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gather up the fragments
This post is the second in a series. Read part one here. Some of you know better than others that the past couple of years have had some really painful chapters for me. My little sister moved out under less than ideal circumstances, I wrote a book and faced rejection, I lost some dear friends…
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table talk and a new series
The meal was a simple one of eggs, bacon and fried potatoes but the preparation had been almost strenuous. My dad had fried the bacon on a skillet on our grill, my mother had fried the chunks of red potatoes one little batch at a time at the stove and I had scrambled eighteen eggs…
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thanks on tuesday
1048. watching “Anne of Green Gables” with Jubilee (her first time.) Watching her eyes light up in the romantic scenes and hearing her predictions…priceless.1049. the smell of clean laundry as I pull it out of the washer1050. being caught UP on laundry 1051. taking a drive to the grocery store for some solitary moments. Finding what…
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“How shall I know this?”
{photo credit} I’m tucked under a throw on my bed when Birdie comes through on her way to her own room. I don’t notice her sizing me up until she says, “Are you doing that mouth thing?”And it is true. I am doing the mouth thing. I think it comes from a medley of being tired…
Caroline Rose Sanders 