I’m writing at True Woman today: Just before we moved into our new house, the previous owners were kind enough to give us a box of Christmas lights. They even pointed out a diagram, penciled onto a wall in the garage that showed which strand of lights went on...
Christmas is supposed to be the time when “All is calm, all is bright.” Really?? My expectations for myself (and everyone else) tend to be highest at Christmas time. And so is the stress. Take last Saturday, for instance. Saturday afternoons at our house...
Last year, I came up with a tricky gift tag idea. I formulated this plan because I was frustrated by the way–in years past–my kids had figured out what was inside their packages long before Christmas morning. They had shaken the boxes of legos. They had...
Hey, friends! I need your help. I’m trying to compile an “Are you a Christmas Control Girl?” Quiz, so women can rank themselves. (Here’s what I mean by “Control Girl”) But here’s my dilemma. I know the ways that I tend to be...
She wasn’t still a Playboy Bunny when she joined. But she wasn’t yet a regular Bible Study girl, either. She was climbing from one world into the other. And sometimes that’s tricky. Even though Robyn Dykstra is my friend, I hadn’t heard her...
As a mom, more than any other thing, I want to pass my faith on to my children. So from the time they were babies, I have talked to them about God, and told them the story of Jesus coming to save us. But, here’s what I’ve noticed. When I skim over, or...