I’m not real creative, but I can copy a great idea anytime! I love seeing homemade creative gifts and I’ve copied quite a few of them over the years!That’s our topic of the day. What homemade gifts are your favorite to give or...
Wow! The personalizations of “1st Corinthians 13–Christmas style” were so challenging for me. Thank you to all of you who shared! If you haven’t read through the comments left, you can do it here. I promise you will be...
Today’s Christmas discussion is an easy one: What is your favorite Christmas song? This brings out the music teacher in me, but I have two favorites: O Holy Night (but it has to be done well!) and anything from Handel’s Messiah (also needs to be...
I must admit that reading all your wonderful “quick and easy” holiday treats made me so hungry. And I’ve never had the Oreo Truffles that several of you mentioned. Those things sound incredible! I think we’ll have to try those...
Wow! I loved hearing about what everyone is going to let go of this Christmas! If you haven’t read the comments from our Day 4 “Let it go!” discussion, you can do so by clicking here. The Day 4 winner is Devin! We’ll be...
Today’s discussion centers around a relevant Christmas version of I Corinthians 13 which is often referred to as the “Love Chapter” in the Bible. After reading this thought-provoking piece, will you create your own line that you would add to...
Congratulations Chantel! You are the Day 3 winner of the My Hearts at Home book! It was great fun to read about everyone’s different tree traditions. I have some new ideas and I hope you do, too!!
Part of the fun of holidays for me is the food. Believe it or not, I enjoy the process of making it all probably even more than eating it. But I will admit that I love eating it, too!We usually do cut-out cookies, dipped pretzels, and cookie press...
Yesterday I found myself humming the song “Let it Snow.” No, it’s not snowing in Illinois…yet. And honestly, I’m not real excited about it snowing either. But I love the song. As I was singing it in my head, I was...
Listening to my favorite Christian radio station, WCIC, I heard the announcer ask a great question for us to share about today: How does your personality show up in your Christmas tree?I was thinking about that as it pertains to our tree and realized that my tree...
Wow! I LOVED reading all the wonderful ideas on decorating traditions from Day One! If you haven’t read through the ideas yet, you can do that by clicking here. One of my favorites is Mary’s tradition of having a family sleepover under...
For many of us, the turkeys and pumpkins are packed up and the Christmas decorations are on display. As moms, December is a full month of shopping, baking, making memories for our family. That’s why I’m devoting December to you, Mom, in my 25 Days of...
Last weekend our family gathered together to celebrate our son-in-law’s 30th birthday. Matt (far-left) is also the daddy of our first grand-child due in late April (not that we’re excited or anything like that!) We had a slumber party for all 9 of us at...
This week Mark and I are spending some time at the Blessing Ranch in Livermore, CO. It’s a Christian Renewal and Resource Center for ministry couples.I won’t be be blogging this week because I’ll be focusing on personal renewal and spending this time...
It was a great weekend at Hearts at Home, Rochester, MN. I spoke in the morning keynote session and Dr. Kevin Leman spoke in the afternoon. He’s a nut and always wears the craziest socks.If you were there this weekend, of if you attended one of the other Hearts...
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