Day 6 Winner

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...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 8

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...

Day 5 Winner!

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...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 7

In May of last year, I made a trip with Compassion, International, to El Salvador that changed my life. (If you weren’t hanging around my blog last you, you can find the posts from that trip here.) After seeing poverty in such a real way, I knew I would never be...

Day 4 Winner and Great News

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...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 6

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...

Congrats to our Day 3 drawing winner!

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!!

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 5

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...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 4

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...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 3

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...

The winner is…

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...

25 Days of Giveaways!

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...

A Different Dream for My Child Giveaway

Last week I posted about a new book for parents of chronically or critically ill children. I promised a giveaway of two books to two of my readers who posted a comment indicating they could use the book in some way. Because only three people posted comments, I’m...

We Need Your Title Ideas!

Don’t forget to share your title ideas for the next Hearts at Home book! I love the ones that have already been submitted! Keep them coming! You can submit them through next Monday, June 15 at midnight Central Time.We’ll be throwing your names in a hat and...