Hello, friends! Today we begin the last week of Advent, and I hope you have been able to spend time as mother and daughter this season, purposefully opening your hearts as you prepare a way for Jesus. When we think of Bible stories during Advent, we often hear of Elizabeth (Luke 1:13-15) and Mary (Luke 1:30-32), who in the Advent season, beautifully model for us what it means to wait…
Welcome back as we begin the second week of our mother and daughter Advent series! How are those Jesse Trees coming? My daughters and I have thoroughly enjoyed preparing homemade ornaments for our tree this week. If your days are anything like ours, perhaps you were unable to make more than a few ornaments this week. There were a couple days when we simply ran out of time to make ornaments for our…
Friends, I am so very excited to welcome you and your daughters along this year’s Advent journey. My prayer is that the time you share through the next four weeks of this study will bless your relationship as mother and daughter while drawing you both closer to Christ. Advent is a season of preparation for Christians as we prepare for Christ’s coming. In fact, the word “Advent” is actually derived…
Hi, friends! It’s almost that time of year where we see lots of Christmas cheer. If you are anything like me, you love all that the Christmas season brings. Trimming the tree, baking cookies, snuggled with my family on the couch by the fire–I love it all. And Hallmark. Especially Hallmark. Oh, friends. It’s simply magical. For my husband, this season of glad tidings conjures the image of watching “Die Hard”…