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...
Six years ago, our son Gabe went to the hospital in the middle of the night for the last time. Cancer had overtaken his body, but we hoped and prayed he would have more time with us. As we waited for the ambulance, I read Psalm 121 to him. It starts with a question (and we had a lot of them), “I lift my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from?” and the answer, “My help comes from the...
In every relationship that God has given to us, our mission is to be an ambassador of Christ’s love. This purpose for relationships is underlined throughout Scripture. Jesus said in John 13:35, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Later in the New Testament Paul writes in 1 Timothy 1:5, “the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure...
