A Perfect Christmas

(Photo courtesy of the stock.xchng.) Most of us have a vision in our minds of the perfect Christmas: family gathered around, a clean and sparkling house, a beautifully adorned Christmas tree with piles of lovingly chosen presents underneath, a feast for the eyes and the table, scents of roasting turkey or ham, pumpkin pies, apple [...]

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The Week In Words

Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week  inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, [...]

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Christmas Tour of Homes

The Nester is sponsoring a Christmas Tour of Homes as is Kelly’s Korner.  It was originally started by BooMama, and I participated several years ago, but hadn’t since then since everything was the same. But since we’re in a new house, things look a bit different! The newest decoration is this wreath just outside the [...]

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Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendour

I’ve only heard this hymn on the radio, and I’ve always loved the music but only caught a few of the words. I jotted down enough this week to look the song up and was tremendously blessed by the words. May you be as well. Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour, All for love’s [...]

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Laudable Linkage and Videos

Just a few interesting posts rounded up this week: Settling for a lump of coal this Christmas? Candy ponders different reasons why Christmas joy might be missing as well as sound advice for dealing with the different issues. Why we love the church. Catalog Living, HT to Amy. A fun site — they post pictures [...]

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Remembering Mom

It was five years ago today that I received the dreaded phone call that my mom had passed away. I wrote more about that day and its aftermath of sorrow and answered prayer here, and a tribute to my mom here. I won’t repeat all of that this year, but I did want to share [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Welcome to Friday’s Fave Five, hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, in which we can share our favorite things from the last week. This has been a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God blesses us with. Click on the button to learn more, then go to Susanne’s [...]

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Flashback Friday: Christmas parties and programs

Mocha With Linda hosts a weekly meme called Flashback Friday. She’ll post a question every Thursday, and then Friday we can link our answers up on her site. You can visit her site for more Flashbacks. And for Booked for the Holidays,” too! The prompt for today is: What was Christmas like at school when [...]

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Angels in odd places…

No, that’s not the title to a new made-for-TV Christmas movie — though it woud make a good one! It refers to this, hanging on someone’s door at my mother-in-law’s assisted living place: I don’t know if she is doing chin-ups or practicing the flying trapeze…but it makes my arms tired just to look at [...]

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Book Review: In the Company of Others

In the Company of Others is the second of the Father Tim novels by Jan Karon. Father Tim, as most may know, was the central character in Karon’s delightful Mitford series, but the Father Tim novels take him out of his well-beloved town. In this book, Father Tim and Cynthia finally embark on their long-awaited [...]

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