My little sister’s birthday is just before Christmas. Because I’m not completely crazy, I usually buy her gift online and have it shipped right to her or send something small,…
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One photo stopped me in my tracks a week ago. While scrolling through Facebook, I saw a young couple embrace and my eyes filled with tears. For this couple I…
Each of us is faced with thousands of choices every day that define our thoughts, our behavior, and who we are to the world. This fall’s Thrive Conference explores the…
You remember Ebenezer Scrooge, the famous character in Charles Dicken’s classic novel, “A Christmas Carol”, right? His most famous line about celebrating Christmas was, “Bah, Humbug!” In other words, he…
At a recent conference, a woman I admire stated that she had fasted from speaking negatively about anyone for several weeks. As she was talking, I felt Jesus nudge me…
Last month, I stopped into the Hallmark Visitor Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on the way home from a road trip. As I was walking through the self-guided tour, I…
I see it often in my social media news feeds—judgments made, people labeled and dismissed. Opinions vary far and wide on anything and everything, and people are easily disregarded if…
I was chatting with an old friend when out of the blue she told me she’d heard that so-and-so had gotten “fat.” I bristled. She obviously didn’t know how mad…
I took my daughter Jasmine to the new Disney Cinderella movie this past weekend. While I’ve seen the original many times as a child, I was excited to see this…
It’s been 15 months since my husband was diagnosed with cancer. As word of his diagnosis spread to others, I’d get calls from friends that generally started with admissions of…
My five and three-year-old daughters love to get “stuff.” It doesn’t matter what that “stuff” is. My daughter ran out of her room this morning, thrilled because she found a…
I love the Christmas season. I have many wonderful family memories from my childhood of traveling to my grandparents, eating delicious Christmas goodies and listening to Christmas music. And as…
It was the day after Halloween, and as I swept into a local store to grab a few items I skidded to a halt in disbelief: Christmas trees. Up. Decorated….
I can remember my first Halloween like it was yesterday. I was 13 and my mom was letting me dress up as the often feared and all intimidating ‘mime’ to…
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