Here are three easy ways to make sure you are making room for those special and meaningful moments in your family Christmas. ...
15 Meaningful Christmas Gifts For Any Age
Thanksgiving is next week which means we are turning the corner for the serious shopping season. If you are like me, 2020 has made me desire things that are both practical and lasting. Our Family Ministry Team and our partners at the Insight For Living Book Shoppe and Coffee have created a list of...
Celebrating Lent With Your Family
A long time ago, an enormous group of people found themselves on one side of an uncrossable river looking longingly to the other side. They had traveled a long time to get to this place, but there was no bridge, no ferry, and no way to get to the other side. Until GOD! God...
Unwrap Joy This Christmas
We sing a lot about “joy” each December. Have you noticed? We’ll offer “tidings of comfort and joy,” and we’ll join our voices on carols with titles like, “How Great Our Joy!” and “Joy to the World!” There’s just one problem. We aren’t joyful. Oh, we sing the songs and sip the eggnog, and...
Set the Table for Forgiveness
My dad planted a garden for many years when I was a kid. I loved to plant stuff with him. Cantaloupe, tomatoes, strawberries (we lived in southern California) and we even planted corn one year. I’m no expert at gardening but then – you don’t really need to be an expert to garden. There...
Seven Ways to Get Ahead of Holiday Stress
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 We are two weeks away from Thanksgiving and six weeks from Christmas. I can...
Mom’s Advice
I came to this mom business late in life. I was 37 when my son was born. I had traveled, climbed the corporate ladder, and achieved my checklist of things I set out achieve. I backed into motherhood, not reluctantly but not something I pursued. If we got pregnant, great, and if we didn’t,...
Jesus is Our Everything
A special note from our Parenting Pathway Blogging Community. Dear friends, We have shared a journey this Christmas season. We have learned a lot about the tradition of Christmas and found new ways to engage in the celebration. We have spent time together as a family, refocusing our minds and hearts on the reason...
Five Ways to Navigate Your Blended Family Christmas
Through lots of years we struggled to find our way as a new family, we have five suggestions to celebrate the holidays with you blended family....
There Was No Room for Them in the Inn
As we enter the Advent Season, we’re often reminded to “Prepare Him Room”. We set up special activities like the Advent Wreath or the Jesse Tree that walk us through Scripture each day leading up to our celebration of the birth of Christ on Christmas morning. These activities help keep our hearts focused on...
Our Christmas Wish For You
Drawing near to Christmas, I have decided Facebook has ruined Christmas! There’s so much pressure! Mark Zuckerberg owes all of us a huge apology . . . and maybe a refund. But seriously, besides social media, why do we obsess so much about having the perfect family Christmas? Wouldn’t that require us to have...
Reining in Your Child’s Christmas Expectations
As director of the Stonebriar Preschool Pals program, I have the advantage of seeing the anticipation of Christmas build on the faces of our students. Their sweet voices of excitement echo down the halls as they share with their friends and teachers all they have experienced this holiday season. It is also not uncommon...