From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Reflections on Holidays and Families: A Test of Character

November 29, 2008

“The pur­pose of Chris­tian­ity is not to avoid dif­fi­culty, but to pro­duce a char­ac­ter ade­quate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life.” ~~ James L. Chris­tensen ~~ Here we go! The hol­i­day sea­son has offi­cially begun. The hustle-bustle of shop­ping for presents […]

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Carnival of Family Life: Thankfulness Edition

November 24, 2008

Edu­ca­tion Jena presents When it Looks Like They’re Not Learn­ing posted at The Life With­out School Com­mu­nity Blog. Fiona King presents 100 Blogs That Will Make You Smarter posted at Online Universities.com, a col­lec­tion of resource sites. Sarah Scraf­ford presents DIY Home Secu­rity: 100 Essen­tial Tips, Tools, and Resources posted at Mas­ters in Crim­i­nal Jus­tice. Dereck […]

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Life is an Ongoing Prayer

November 16, 2008

Do not be anx­ious about any­thing, but in every­thing, by prayer and peti­tion, with thanks­giv­ing, present your requests to God. Philip­pi­ans 4:6 God’s Word tells us that we can pray about “every­thing;” how­ever, what are some things in your life that you do not pray to God about? Why don’t you pray to God about what you […]

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YES WE CAN">Wordful Wednesday: YES WE CAN

November 4, 2008

“What must it feel like?” As President-Elect Barack Obama wrapped up his vic­tory speech a lit­tle while ago, NBC News Anchor Brian Williams asked that ques­tion as images of a sea of cel­e­brat­ing sup­port­ers flashed on the screen just before Vice President-Elect Joe Biden, and the Obama and Biden fam­i­lies joined the 44th Pres­i­dent of the United States […]

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It’s Always Darkest Just Before Dawn

November 3, 2008

You Have Our Atten­tion, Lord A prayer by Max Lucado writ­ten in Octo­ber 2008 Our friends lost their house The co-worker lost her job The cou­ple next door lost their retire­ment It seems that every­one is los­ing their foot­ing This scares us. This bailout with bil­lions. These rum­blings of depres­sion. These head­lines: omi­nous, thunderous-“Going Broke!” “Going […]

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