I’m about to celebrate twenty years of service with my employer. That’s just a wee bit longer than the median employee tenure in the US, which is just over four years. I’ve been thinking about this occasion for a few months, and while it brings up many memories, mostly it makes me think of faithfulness….
The part of the Christmas story that can sometimes be overlooked is that it was only the beginning. After Jesus’s birth, there were still thirty (probably very long) years of waiting until he started his ministry. It was another three years until his excruciating sacrifice was completed. Now, 2000-plus years later, some people still don’t…
“You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.” (Luke 1:31-32 NIV) Mary was very young and not…
My first Christmas in England was marked with flashes of sadness as I missed being with my family in Minnesota. Although I was thrilled to be with my new husband, I wasn’t sure how this first Christmas apart from my loved ones across the Atlantic would be. When I made the expensive phone call, I…
I am a last-minute Christmas shopper. Well, not exactly last minute, but I like to wait until late December. Sometimes being a last-minute shopper has been a necessity—that is, when the budget allowed for Christmas shopping. But even with a less-demanding budget, I still like to shop for Christmas presents close to Christmas Day. I…
I’ve both read and experienced that the way we start our mornings can determine how the rest of the day goes. When our mornings are frenzied, hurried, and stressful, our afternoons typically follow suit. The stress of not having enough time to eat a decent breakfast, looking for the missing shoe that can’t be found,…