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A Fresh, New Year

January 9, 2017 By Deborah Raney

For the past few years, New Years has become a bigger celebration in our family than Christmas. Because of all the teachers in our family, and the fact that our kids all live far from home, it makes more sense for us to get together and celebrate Christmas, Ken's birthday (Dec. 30), and New Years during the week between Christmas and New Years. We did that this past week and it was every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family Tagged With: Family

A New Year and a New Focus

January 5, 2017 By Karen Witemeyer

The New Year is a time to make resolutions, to leave past failures behind and start fresh. It's rather like an author opening a new document and staring at the blank page. Excitement hums, anticipation whirls, and hope-filled ideas swim in the waters of grand dreams and endless possibilities. Yet, amid all that hope and excitement lies a twinge of fear, of uncertainty. What if this new idea isn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith, Family Tagged With: Baptism, Fresh Starts, New Year

The Story of the Advent Calendar

December 1, 2016 By Karen Witemeyer

Did you ever play with those paper advent calendars as a kid? I used to love those things. Opening each door between December 1 - 24 until Christmas arrived. And no, I never cheated and looked at more than one hidden picture at a time. ;-) I actually like surprises. When my children were young, I invested in a wooden advent calendar. We would hang it on the wall, and each day, the kids and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Faith, Family Tagged With: Advent Calendars

Thankful for Readers! (And a giveaway)

November 17, 2016 By Karen Witemeyer

One week from today, I'll be at my mom's house, surrounded by family, enjoying turkey, dressing, candied yams, cranberry sauce, and all the other wonderful dinner trimmings that go along with Thanksgiving. Besides all the usual things that I am thankful for, I wanted to take a moment to extend a special thank you to readers. Whether you read my books or not, I thank you for being a lover of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Reading, Recipes Tagged With: giveaway, Sweet Potato Casserole, Thanksgiving

The building of a table–board by board

November 16, 2016 By Lenora Worth

Hello! Thanksgiving is next week and I'm ready to celebrate. We won't have a large crowd. Our daughter and husband are in Japan. (Air Force) And our son is at college and probably won't make it here until Christmas. So it might be just the two of us. But ... my husband built a new dining table so at least we can eat "up front" and not in the breakfast room. Since I helped him stain and paint … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith, Family Tagged With: Blessings, faith, Family, food, Inspired, Lenora Worth, tables, Thanksgiving

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