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Get ready for a meaningful Christmas season full peace, understanding, and joy with A Cozy Christmas Planner. This lovely planner has eleven printables and calendars that will make your time during this happy and busy season so much easier. This has been updated for 2021. If you already own the planner, simply log into your shop account (from …
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Beginning November 1 and on throughout the month of December, reminders of the holiday season are everywhere. Magazines, displays, catalogs, decorations, advertisements, and books all offer endless tips for the most perfect, peaceful, joyous holiday ever. But the pressure to create the ideal holiday can be incredible, often leading to anxiety, …
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Did you think I'd abandoned this place? No, I haven't. I've tried to write this post a number of times in recent weeks and it simply wouldn't flow. I admit that I've been preoccupied with the state of our nation as well as preparing for Christmas. I've also been struggling with some eye fatigue and so here we are just two days before …
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It's that wonderful time of the year that children love - Christmas! I've put together this collection of Christmas printables, activities, and ideas to help you plan for a fun Christmas in your home. I hope you will find encouragement for your Christmas celebrations below whether you are looking for ways to simplify, incorporate Christmas into …
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Do you need Christmas stocking stuffer ideas? If so, you've come to the right place! And best of all, at the very end of this 290+ stocking stuffer ideas list is a link for a free printable of the entire list. You can print it off and take it with you wherever you do your Christmas shopping. (Or you can save yourself a ton of time and do it all …
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I admit that I struggle to maintain regular prayer times. I send up many quick prayers for guidance throughout the day on a regular basis so my thoughts are never far from God and my need for His presence and help. We pray before each meal and with Caroline at bedtime. And we pray as things come up that we know we need prayer for in the moment. But …
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Listening is a skill that we must develop. Unless we are deaf for some reason, we all hear. But very few people become skilled listeners. I remember teaching the twelve students in my first classroom how to listen. I created activities to do with them that required them to listen and process information carefully. This group of third, fourth, …
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Christmas is the time we celebrate the greatest story ever told - the story of a baby sent to earth who would become the Savior. There is no story we could ever read that could replace the account of the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus. During the next few weeks at this Christmastime, I invite you to join me in reading and meditating on the …
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We have a large wooden sign that hangs in our family room. It says: "Let us be silent, so that we may hear the whisper of God." Ralph Waldo Emerson I value quiet time with my thoughts. Not only do I value it, I need it. I need it to process and hear myself think. I need quiet so I can hear God speak. Although God can speak above the …
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Whenever I approach a challenge, my natural inclination is to simplify. I immediately ask myself how I can adjust the situation or my attitude to make it seem less overwhelming. I think the Christmas season can qualify as a challenge for many of us. So how do we simplify at Christmastime? It's the most wonderful time of the year, especially …
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"His name shall be called Emmanuel . . . God with us." (Matt. 1:23) . "The Prince of Peace" (Isa. 9:6). "There's a song in the air! There's a star in the sky! There's a mother's deep prayer, And a baby's low cry! And the star rains its fire While the beautiful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King." A few years ago a …
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Fun fact about our home: When our Christmas tree is up, we cannot see our television. No kidding. There is really only one place we can put our Christmas tree and it blocks our view of the TV. So we don't watch TV from Thanksgiving to Epiphany (or whenever the tree goes up and down). We can move the television and put it on the piano bench if we …
