Even though Christmas is over, today we’re going to share a little Christmas Joy with an interview with a sweet little girl named Joy. Interviewer: Hi, Joy. Did you have a good Christmas this year? Joy: Joy nods. Christmas is also my birthday. So I get lots and lots of presents. Interviewer: That’s cool. Do […]
Loss
LOSS. The word even sounds sad to me, unless you are trying to lose weight. Then it is a happy thing. When I was looking for a photo to use for this post, dozens of photos of people with scales, measuring tapes, and skinny blue jeans were the results of my search. I finally […]
World Pizza Makers Day
The pizza in the photo above is a pizza I made. When I made this pizza, I had no idea there was a day celebrating pizza makers. I make my own dough, but I use pre-made sauce. My family loves my pizza. But whether you pull out a frozen pizza and pop it in the […]
Merry Christmas!
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11, KJV). Can you believe it’s December? I don’t know about you, but I heard that some early birds have already put up all their Christmas decorations and then some, turning their homes into winter […]
The TRUE Meaning of Christmas
Confession: Until this year, I’ve never watched Hallmark Christmas movies at Christmas time. Not for lack of desire–we’re just cheap and don’t have cable. (A little antenna outside gets us a few local channels, but that’s it.) But this year, I decided to splurge. We have a new “smart” TV that has SLING on it, […]
Playing Pollyanna’s glad game
Wow, nearly the end of January already! The days just scoot by so fast. It feels like no time since New Year’s Day. How are you going with your New Year’s Resolutions? Well, I hope, and celebrating your successes! I didn’t do my usual list of resolutions this year, though I do still have intentions for this […]
In the Temple, Part III
by: Staci Stallings First let us look at the actual Scripture for our discussion about Mary and Joseph finding Jesus in the Temple (from Luke 2:41-50): [41] Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. [42] When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to […]