Christmas Joy: 25 Cents

A Child’s Happiness….PricelessDecember, 1989:My daughter Elaine was seven (and a half, she would have added) that holiday season. I was in graduate school and making do on a typical single-mom-who’s-a-student budget. We had enough, of course. But we didn’t have a lot of financial wiggle room. So one morning we went to the local discount […]


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It’s Advent!

Let every heart prepare Him roomThis advent season I am reminded that God’s word is an especially good place to spot Him. I’ll be sharing some of my favorite passages about the birth of our Savior over the coming weeks. Christmas blessings to you. 4 But when the right time came, God sent His Son, […]


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All About Love

Love: More Blessed to GiveWhenever I’m fortunate enough to spend time with young children, I am reminded how deeply they value love and relationships. They give love all they’ve got. It’s like they’re born wired to love. Our younger grandson Cadence came for a visit and sleepover on Friday. We visited the park on Friday […]


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Happy Thanksgiving!

Love Lives HereTomorrow we gather to give thanks. This year, I am especially thankful for our home. Not because it is particularly fine or grand, as those words are commonly used to describe a house. I am thankful for our home because it is the locus of our life as a family. We rest here, […]


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Give us This Day

Just-in-Time ProvisionI’ve posted before (here and here, for example) about my dear friend Elizabeth and her young son John. They face many challenges as they reestablish their lives far, far away from us. They have been guests of friends in their new community, but Elizabeth has located an apartment and they are eagerly planning to […]


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