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The Plans I Have For You Devotional & Journal Review

It’s a new year, and that offers new opportunities to refocus hearts and minds on our relationships with Jesus. I’ve been looking for a devotional to go through with my youngest, and when I saw The Plans I Have For You Devotional and Journal, I was intrigued. Jeremiah 29:11, the reference of the verse where the title…

What does that have to do with Cleaning?

Cleaning is one of my least favorite things to do. I love to make messes. I love to create. I love fun. When it comes time to clean up, I tend to feel the heaviness of the world crashing down around me. Too dramatic? Well, even though I have felt that way in the past,…

Top 10 Books to Warm Your Heart

Winter has a bleak coldness to it. It embodies the feeling that life is over and may not come back again. Our hearts can grow cold when life seems too hard can’t it? Sometimes in the bleakness, the desire to quit is overwhelming. A simple story can warm a heart unlike any other. When you…

The Verdant Beauty of a Christmas Tree

Christmas music warms my heart like no other. The lyrics are packed with rich truths that lend themselves to unique opportunities for contemplation year after year. Even songs that are so familiar, ones that you think couldn’t possibly offer new insights, can surprise you with new and exciting truth. My kids and I stumbled across…

Morning Time in December

I first learned about Morning Time at a CiRCE conference a couple of years ago. I fell in love with the idea of liturgy in my home; a sort of routine coming before the Lord together as one family, and sharing our love of learning and conversation. As my family grows up, this together time becomes more…