Outstanding Books for the Booklover on Your Christmas List
Need good, clean books for the booklover on your Christmas list? Need ideas to keep your holidays relaxed? Choose one of these.
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4 Secrets for Planning an Awesome Family Night
Fall is my mom’s favorite time of the year. She pulls out her leaves, pumpkins, and scarecrows and decorates the house. Probably because of this background, when the weather turns rainy and cool, I want to go inside and curl up with candles and a warm fire. It’s this weather that calls to me for family nights.
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Can my focus be contentment even as I age?
Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog about growing old gracefully and whether or not to dye grey hair. The weeks that followed caused me to rethink my thoughts. It started with something simple, face cream.
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Is death something to be feared or honored?
Death. The word brings fear into the hearts of even the stoutest of people. he subject has been explored by the greatest minds of our time and throughout history. Yet, the fact remains, we face death all too often for our comfort. Never is it a welcome visitor at our doorstep.
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What Is Wrong with Grey Hair?
This last week, I saw a post about grey hair. The discussion was for women on looking natural and embracing who they were at any age. As the Facebook discussion moved along, I realized the arguments really had nothing to do with the color of hair, but about how each person perceived age and beauty.
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4 Ways to Have an Amazing School Year
From the Facebook posts filling my feed, I understand it’s that time of year again. For the past several weeks, I’ve seen the first day of school photos and been realizing my summer is rapidly winding down. With that in mind, I’m reminded of the conflict that seems to exist between teachers and parents. What can you do to have an amazing school year?
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Why do we forget our promise to love?
How many of us who are married really understood those vows on our wedding day? Did we truly realize that we were saying we’d stick with this other person until our dying days? If so, why then are one-third of the 2.3 million people being married each year being re-married? The same amount of people being married in the wedding season are on a second or third marriage!
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How to choose a camp your kids will love
I’d love to invite you all to Camp Fircroft to spend a week “up the mountain”, but it might be a bit difficult for some of you to find your way to the Southern Oregon Coast. So, instead, I’ll tell you what makes a summer camp good.
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Do you take for granted the fascinating place you live?
I’ve often had my students create a brochure of their town as if it would go to the visitor’s center for Spanish speaking people who come through. Maybe one of these days, I’ll make the assignment actually get published for the visitor’s center. However, I’ve heard the complaints. “We don’t have anything special here.” “What’s the big deal about our town?” I can understand. We get lost in what we know. The everyday loses its appeal. But every town has something special.
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Gnats, Flies and Kids–Are they similar?
Today in church, I sat next to my second youngest son as our class discussed the plagues of Egypt. A question was raised. How well do we pass our faith on to our kids? How do we do it? The class came up with five helpful points.
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