Christmas time can be a hard time of year. I love buying gifts and spending time with the people I love, but often find myself struggling during the Christmas season. The sadness and changes in life are magnified during this season, one in which we put so much effort into establishing and maintaining familiar routines….
Hey friend I was wondering: If so, you are not alone! In fact, just a couple of weeks ago I noticed that I’d started feeling some of these same emotions. I pushed my way through several days, attempting to ignore how I was feeling, and then one morning my daughter called to discuss our holiday…
I’ve always loved the holiday season – or at least I’ve loved the idea of it! I get wrapped up in the ideal and allow the commercialization of the season to create a picture of what I want things to look like. I clean and decorate my home, look for festive recipes, search for the…
My husband and I are members of a wonderful church plant that is located right in the middle of inner-city Baltimore. It was not our intent to become a part of a church in the city, but we had been looking for a church for a while, so when some good friends invited us to…