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Still Fa-La-La-La-Laing

Advent started off so great – SO GREAT. I was the keynote speaker at a women’s retreat in Dallas that first weekend. Even though strep had hit our house, hard,…

Taking Advent Back

Advent. The most beautiful time of the year. And also, for me, the most stressful. Where Lent is a paring down, stripping away the extraneous and taking a hard look…

2017 Gift Guide

Hooray! It’s almost Thanksgiving. I’m always grateful that holiday falls before Advent and Christmas. It is a tangible reminder to be grateful for a Maker who has given me this…

My Christmas Card Addiction

It started 20 years ago when my grandmother called and said she received my Christmas card – a whole day ahead of my mom’s card. It became a friendly competition…

Advent & Keeping My Sanity

That must be an oxymoron, no? I can’t EVEN tell you the happy dance I did at noon last Friday when the kids got out of school. No homework! No…