by Melinda | Dec 1, 2015 | Christmas
December 1st. The official first day of the Christmas season, and the first day of Advent. I thought I might do a little something that would help me focus on what this season is really about, and maybe it could help you, too. I’m going to take the story...
by Melinda | Nov 9, 2015 | Authenticity, Christmas, Free Indeed, Get Real, Living Low, The Church
Last week, I shared a video on Facebook of a man who was incredibly offended by the Starbucks Red Cup and it’s lack of Christmas decoration. He proposed a movement, a “prank” if you will, that because Starbucks had apparently removed all...
by Melinda | Jan 2, 2015 | About Me, Christmas, Contentedness, Free Indeed, Get Real, Heart talk, Home on the Range, Living Low, Working Out Faith
I’m still sitting here, writing by the light of the Christmas tree. It’s still beautiful, with its warm, twinkling ambiance, especially when it’s freezing outside, and the rain is, too, but something has shifted in me. Certainly, the fact that...
by Melinda | Dec 31, 2014 | Christmas, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Living the God Life, Marriage, Trust, Uncategorized
Last week, as we celebrated Christmas with the Garmans, my sister-in-law, Monique, and I were talking recipes. She had made my chili that day (we have forgone formal for fun) and I had brought her husband, Ralph’s, favorite carrot cake. She asked me if I...
by Melinda | Dec 24, 2014 | Christmas, Life on the Rock, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I have had two babies. The first was induced, so I didn’t feel those first tell-tale signs of labor that send everyone into a panic and find you fleeing at breakneck speeds for the hospital. The second, however, was a different story. The day Emmie was born, I...
by Melinda | Dec 23, 2014 | Christmas, Giving, Hope, It's Not About Me, Reaching Out
Last year, my mom gave me a set of Adorenaments. They are the Christmas names of Christ, made into beautiful gold, glittery ornaments, with a neat book of different activities you can do with your family to help them learn those names and what they mean. I hang them...
