by Shannon Popkin | Dec 10, 2018 | Holidays
I hope you’ll enjoy this post which was previously published at True Woman, a ministry of Revive Our Hearts. A few years ago, I came up with a tricky idea for tagging our gifts. I formulated this plan because I was frustrated by the way—in years past—my kids...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 29, 2016 | Control Girl, Faith
“Betrothal” in Bible times was different than “engagement” today. It began with our equivalent of signing the marriage contract. So the couple was legally married during their (approximately) year long engagement, and then there was the...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 27, 2016 | Control Girl
For me, Christmas often brings out the worst. Every year, when I flip the calendar to December, I get caught up in making Christmas turn out “right.” It’s supposed to be the “most wonderful time of the year,” but knowing this only causes me to have heightened...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 18, 2016 | Holidays
I was shopping at Target, when a dad entered the store with his two kids, pushing a big red cart. The kids, who were very enthusiastic shoppers, darted over near me to look at some of the displays with bright-eyed expressions. You could tell that this dad had done a...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 10, 2016 | Control Girl
I was a new wife. He was my new husband. And I returned his Christmas gift. It was a jewelry box–one of those big wooden ones–and he spent a fortune on it. But he encouraged me to take it back if I didn’t really like it. I thought I was being...