5 Days of Christmas: Snuggling Up with a Good Movie

Christmas Movies

We’ve made it to day five of my series on giving Christmas presence not presents.  I am a sucker for a good movie and popcorn, and there are some great family movies at Christmas time, so why not come together and watch with your family? The first year we practiced Christmas presence was the year…

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5 Days of Christmas Presence (not Presents)

Christmas Presence

A couple of years ago, we were trying to figure out how to make Christmas work with an ever shrinking budget.  The solution?  Homemade Christmas.  I set up “Santa’s Workshop” in my room and made all kinds of wonderful treasures.  It took forever, but Christmas morning still felt like that glorious day of opening presents…

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NIV Bible for Teen Girls – Giveaway!

NIV Bible for Teen Girls

One of my dad’s absolute favorite things to do was give away Bibles.  He would go away on a business trip and come back with the address of the guy he sat next to on the plane that he was going to mail a Bible.  Even in his Sixth Grade Sunday School class, the big…

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Sunday Reflections: Not Ashamed

Sunday Reflections

This post may include affiliate links.  See my full disclosure policy for more details. Life at the Strauss House… We had a big week at our house as my girls were baptized!  They have been talking about wanting to be baptized for a while now. It was so precious to hear each of them proclaim…

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