By Betty Streff The True Heart of Christmas, Not Sold in Stores
(read in :03) It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.~W T Ellis Take a…
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By Beth Keck For The Overwhelmed Mom: Six Ways You Can Find Peace in Your Home
I stopped by your house today, young momma. You knew I was coming but you didn't know I'd come inside,…
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By Holly Mthethwa The Year Without a Christmas Tree
Empty Spaces Marked Once-Filled Places Nearly two years ago, my husband, Oscar, pleaded that our Christmas tree linger a little…
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By Erin Martinsen Centering Prayer: What It Is and How to Do It
True confession: I hate prayer lists. I know some people—some especially faithful and loving people—have the self-discipline to pray through…
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With This I Leave You
On a lovely spring day in April 1967, my dad and mom were about to get in a taxi to…
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An Inner Island of Peace
For a long time, there’s been a battle inside my head. I’ve been wrestling with a question, trying to wrap…
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By Traci Runge Message from God
Wouldn’t it simplify our lives if God would just send us a letter in the mail, leave a post-it note…
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Brand New Colors
Do you do New Year’s resolutions? I am on the fence about this one. Let’s think it over, okay? A…
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Slowing Down to the Speed of Peace
There is something about the approach of the year's end that always finds me deep in thought. How about you?…
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Freedom, Sweet Freedom
At our country home north of town, the 12 of us stood silently on the freshly mowed ground, our faces…
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We Never Walk Alone
I have a new ritual thanks to our oldest daughter. She gave me a small devotional book for Christmas that…
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