Infant Holy

This is my favorite Christmas hymn. I think I post it almost every year. Infant holy, Infant lowly, for His bed a cattle stall; Oxen lowing, little knowing, Christ the Babe is Lord of all. Swift are winging angels singing, noels ringing, tidings bringing: Christ the Babe is Lord of all. Christ the Babe is [...]

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Repost: Christmas Grief

This is the sixth anniversary of my Mom’s death, so, though I think of her and sorely miss her often, this day (as well as her birthday and Mother’s Day) are particularly poignant days for me. Grief seems to start out like a flood but then slowly recedes to a stream that occasionally overflows its [...]

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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 five of our favorite things from the last week,  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 to read [...]

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Book Clubs and Bookish Questions

Carrie at Reading to Know is hosting a book club for the next year. You can read more about it here. There’s quite an eclectic list of titles to be covered. I was honored to be asked to lead one of the discussions, so I’ll be reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin in October. Why Uncle Tom’s [...]

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No Condemnation

This is going to be more of a thinking out loud or a processing-my-thoughts post rather than a wrapped-up conclusion, and therefore it won’t be very polished (not that my other posts are, either. ) I joined Do Not Depart in memorizing Romans 8 after seeing Lisa mention it. I’m ashamed to say I haven’t [...]

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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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Because of Christmas Day

Long time ago in Bethlehem So the Holy Bible say Mary’s boy child, Jesus Christ Was born on Christmas day. Hark, now hear the angels sing A new King born today And man will live for evermore Because of Christmas day. Trumpets sound and angels sing Listen what they say, That Man will live for [...]

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Laudable Linkage

Here are some interesting things seen round the Web this week: Six Helps for Sufferers from Elisabeth Elliot, HT to Challies. How to Serve “The Singles” in Your Church. Read On! by Patsy Clairmont, HT to Robin Lee Hatcher. Affect Versus Effect. Great tip to remember when to use which. I tend to have to [...]

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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 five of our favorite things from the last week,  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 to read [...]

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“You never know what a day will bring forth”

This is what my mother-in-law said, paraphrasing Proverbs 27:1, in her emergency room bed this morning. She’s fine, but her oxygen level was low and the nurse at her place thought her color was off, so they called her doctor and he told them to call an ambulance. She was pretty scared about the ambulance, [...]

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