I can still picture it in my head. The pretty blue shades of the design, icicles hanging from the sleigh… it was the front of a Christmas card that my […]

Whether we want to or not, it’s easy to get swept up in the chaos of the holidays and forget the real reason behind all the festivities. Especially for children, […]

Let the whole earth shout triumphantly to the Lord! Serve the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and […]

Preparing for the holidays can be a lot of work. In fact, during the next few weeks, your Christmas to-do list is probably about to grow into an outrageous, poster-sized […]

It’s a story of sacrifice and survival; partnership and progress. It was our country’s very first Thanksgiving.   Imagine the challenges the first settlers endured in 1620. They left everyone […]

We climbed into bed, exhausted with a weariness of the soul that comes from an unexpected burden. The shock of the events of the day left us numb and speechless, […]

There’s just something special about celebrating the holidays as a child. Everything is new and exciting, the cousins are all in one place, playing and making memories, and you look […]