Social distancing is not something that comes naturally to many people, though there are some benefits to staying at home with your family. Here's what I've come up with: 10. Family meals are a given, as long as you already had the ingredients in the pantry. 9. Fur babies rejoice that their humans are home all day …
Category: Faith
A Time to…The Teacher’s Edition
This passage serves as a sort of permission slip to feel what we need to feel as we journey.
To the Good Men
I see you. I see the way you speak words of encouragement and life into those around you. I see the way you lift others up when they are down. I see the way you struggle in a world that doesn't understand what it means to be a good man. I see you because I …
Gratitude Journaling
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His loves endures forever. ~Psalm 106:1 Throughout scripture, God calls us to give thanks. In the midst of our busy schedules, however, we don’t slow down and take the time to be obedient. The practice of daily gratitude journaling helps me be mindful of the truly …
The Twelve Days of Christmas
I adore Christmas carols! I love the way they transport us into the story of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. They tell the story of God coming into the world through the Christ Child. We urge Him onward with "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" and "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus." We journey with Mary and Joseph …
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
An original version of the classic poem for a Chapel skit. ‘Twas the night before the night before Christmas, when all across the ice shelf, Not a creature was stirring, not even an elf. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that Jesus Christ would soon be there. The elves were …
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A Day in Bethlehem
Today was a day of stark contrast, one that I wasn't expecting. We began the day with a bus ride toward Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. At an overlook near the city, we stopped to get the lay of the land. A valley lay beneath us with two mountains in the distance. Side by …
Wendy Heinemann 