“I feel like a truck hit me.” My confession to my husband summed up our recent time off. The holidays and extra free days were supposed to refresh, but all I feel is worn out joy. My great intentions of finding joy by some much-needed time off never happened. Events intervened and time ticked away …
Music is the soundtrack of our lives. I have playlists to work out, write, for vacation, and Christmas to name just a few. Maybe you’re on vacation week this week and if so I hope you’re relaxing. You may even be taking stock of the year behind and planning ahead. Even on vacation, what we …
Hope, Joy, Peace and Love are our focus words for Advent. They each evoke different yet special feelings this time of year. But what about bringing these or even just one of these into the rest of the year? I will with one word: in a word, joy. In a Word, Joy Many people choose …
I thought I knew where I was going. The incomplete map used to arrive was difficult to follow. On the way home, I decided upon a more familiar path. But a few wrong turns made me increasingly uncomfortable. Neck hairs standing at attention, nothing was familiar and the map was useless. Every turn increased my …
Advent is a time for preparing our hearts and homes for Jesus. I don’t want it to be about hurriedly buying gifts, hastily baking cookies and squeezing events into an already bulging calendar. Instead of purposefully preparing for Jesus, I end up trying to survive with a smile. Not this year. This year, I’m finding …