Holidays
When God Makes Us Whole: Holy Peace Beyond Understanding
The first flicker of Advent light brings hope — the promise that God has not forgotten His world. The second candle glows with peace. But not the kind of peace that means silence or stillness alone. This is holy peace — the peace that comes when God begins to make things whole again. “He Himself is our peace.”…
Read MoreEconomic Resilience: Finding Hope in Challenging Times
Lately, I’ve been carrying the weight of the headlines and the quiet confessions of friends, trying to make sense of what life feels like for so many of us in 2025. At 25, I’m asking a lot of questions about my own financial foundation, and yet I keep noticing a strange disconnect: the “good news”…
Read MoreWhen God Steps into the Dark: Holy Hope in a Broken World
The story of Advent doesn’t begin with twinkling lights or angels singing. It begins in the dark. God’s people were waiting—generation after generation—for light to pierce the silence. The prophets had spoken of a day when wrong things would be made right, but centuries passed, and the darkness seemed to thicken. And yet, in that…
Read MoreA Holy Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love
A Holy Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” — John 1:5 Every December, I find myself slowing down to notice the light. Candles flicker in windows, quiet moments stretch longer, and the rhythm of the season whispers something sacred — God is near. This…
Read MoreMama, Get in the Picture
Your Presence Matters as Much as the Memories When we’re raising kids, we naturally become the memory keepers. We grab our phones to capture the soccer goal, the dance recital, the birthday candles, the messy ice cream smiles. Our photo albums and cloud storage overflow with the everyday beauty of childhood. But so often, one…
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