Category: Advent
-
Song for Your Saturday
Happy weekend friends! During this busy time as we near Christmas, I wanted to leave you with a short prayer and a short song to begin your day. This is just a wonderful piece of music for the season. Heavenly Father, thank you for this day, another day to share your love and do your…
-
It Is Doable
Recently my husband and I have been watching old Christmas movies. Some of the classics, you know, Rudolph, Charlie Brown, Home Alone, you get the idea. Well, last night we pulled out Miracle on 34th Street and opted for the black and white version, not the “enhanced version” with added color. Isn’t it funny how…
-
The Act
I’m guessing like many of you, when the Christmas season is upon us, you reach out to your kids and family for the annual Christmas list. Well, we did that this year as usual. We’ve always had this “tradition” I guess you could call it. When they were little our kid’s lists would hit two…
-
Simple & Beautiful
As we begin this first Sunday in Advent (a Sunday which focuses on Hope), I couldn’t help but share this beautiful rendition of a classic Christmas song, The Little Drummer Boy. The video is simple, the song is powerful, and the message is lasting. Have a wonderful Sunday friends, let’s take time today to remember…
-
Believing
The first of December. The day when the opening of those fun Advent calendar doors begins. When our kids were little we always had an Advent calendar. At first, they were very simple and they were on the front of the fridge. Each morning they would take turns opening a door and reading the story…
-
Emmanuel – God with Us
There are just some days when Father is front and center. Well, that is a pretty silly statement, isn’t it? He should be front and center every day. What I mean is, there are some days when He is just more present in the moments than other days. You can feel Him moving in the…
-
Trimming and Memories
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. It was nice to have a little downtime and not have an actual schedule to follow, (outside of Thanksgiving morning that is). I can’t believe we’ve finished Thanksgiving and are already looking at Christmas in a few weeks. My husband and I were looking at the December…
-
Cookies and the Nativity
What a fun weekend! Over the past few days, I’ve shared little blogs about the Saturday community Christmas parade and our Christmas cookie Sunday. Well yesterday, in addition to cookie Sunday we had nativity Sunday. I’ll get to that in a moment. Let me first ask, have you ever wondered about the nativity scene, you…
-
A Prayer for Joy
The weeks are sure flying by and we are already into this third week of Advent. As you recall from a previous post in this little blog about the Colors of Advent, the third week is about joy. So today I just wanted to share a prayer of Joy for Advent. Hope it makes a…
-
Advent – Did You Know
I mentioned I’ve been reading about Advent trying to learn new things this year. Well, how about ten quick facts you may, or may not have known. Yes, just a quick lesson as you enjoy your coffee to begin the week 🙂 So there you go, a quick lesson in some simple Advent facts to…
INSPIRASUNS 