“They say ‘Peace, peace, but there is no peace.” Jeremiah 6:14 is on to something with this line. Although the context of this verse is rooted in a serious time in Israel’s history, many of us cannot help but hear this mantra in our heads as we scurry around the entire month of December. I…
As Christmas draws near, it’s very easy to get wrapped up ( just like the presents) in all the pre-Christmas chaos (aka Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales) and preparations without pausing to reflect on the true “reason for the season”; the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We all love the bedazzled season filled…
Day in and day out I try to ask my three-year-old the same series of questions after he has done something wrong: “Was that nice?”, “Why did you do it?”, “Do you think it made God (or Mommy, or Daddy, brother, friend) happy?” Teaching our children to reflect on their actions sounds like a daunting…