Do you remember what it felt like to be a little kid at Christmastime? There’s nothing quite like the anticipation of Christmas morning. But the holiday can lose its wonder as we wake up to the many hard things going on in our lives and in the world. We’ve certainly experienced this at some point as adults but think back to when you first felt that loss—the first time Christmas didn’t seem as...
The language of bullying is used in media, movies, and in the classroom. As a parent, you are understandably concerned and want to better prepare your children. When your child comes home and tells you that they were mistreated or saw mistreatment toward someone else, you may be asking yourself if this the beginning stages of bullying, an act of unkindness, or a more serious pattern of behavior...
It’s become a seasonal joke for our family—that time my mom sarcastically wailed in a fit of frustration at Christmas, “We’re all so merry . . . merry, merry, merry!” Although it wasn’t funny in the moment, my mom, brothers, and I can look back and laugh about it today. What’s more, I can sympathize. As a married mother of three myself, I know that merry moods can be hard to come by during “the...
Holiday activities and gatherings. Trying to align family schedules and expectations. Shopping, baking, cooking, and decorating. Now combine all of that on top of the usual busyness and demands of life. It’s no wonder that we often come into the Christmas season tired, anxious, and overwhelmed. For anyone who can relate, authors Eliza Huie, Cyndi Logsdon, Brook Taylor, and Ashley Arey invite you...
The prayer we know as the Lord’s Prayer, shared by Jesus during the Sermon on the Mount is less than one hundred words long, yet it not only encapsulates the gospel, but the entirety of heavenly doctrine. In Praying with Jesus: Getting to the Heart of the Lord’s Prayer, Adriel Sanchez explores the most famous prayer in history and gets to the heart of each thing Jesus told his disciples to pray...
