Around this time, on the brink of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I begin to feel the overwhelming culmination of hopes and fears amidst holiday preparation. It’s not that I don’t like the holidays, but as I grow older, they have tended…
It is Christmastime. And on the heels of an intense, epic year of travel (10 countries) work (moving to Korea for 6 months) and school (finishing graduate school), all I want to do is sleep and rest. I find myself…
Dear Family & Friends, John 14:1-3 says, “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go…
Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done, In sending His belovèd Son. With Mary holy we should pray To God with love this Christmas Day; In Bethlehem…
The Twelve Days of Christmas The Meaning Behind The Song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is just a fun, sing-along style Christmas song, right? Wrong. Each month, I host ten 9th grade girls over for breakfast, coffee, and a devotional. …
2010…in a wrap. Well, actually it’s not simply a ‘wrap’…it’s a berka from when I toured Morocco in April. But, I am getting ahead of myself! I know, I know. I’ve been pretty “MIA” the past few months on this…
Well, I did it! I got through my first Christmas away from home. And, I didn’t just get through it. I enjoyed it immensely. It was a different sort of enjoyment than all the other Christmas gatherings I have known…
Dawn Day of the Heart “‘Tis not enough that Christ was born Beneath the star that shone, And earth was set that holy morn Within a golden zone. He must be born within the heart Before He finds a throne,…
Ok, so I haven’t been able to keep up with blogging about EVERY single “CCC” (read posts below for more info.), BUT here was a highlight from this week. On Tuesday, Dec 8, I had Emily and her two daughters…
And, so, it is December. The girls went home. Thanksgiving was the same day, so it came and went pretty quickly. I spent it up at the Stocksdales’ home with about 20 other people, which was very fun. Then, the…
Well, as of yesterday, we are 12 days away from the end of Term 1 here at the KUE dorm. Because the girls leave Thanksgiving day and don’t come back until January 6, we won’t be able to celebrate Christmas…
