Search Blogs
Post Tags
seasonal bliss to you
Yogue | December 24th 2009 by Insiya Rasiwala
I am back in the Pacific Northwest, where the ocean wears a dusky blue-grey cast and today the sun though low to the horizon is shining that ethereal golden light, the light that cinematographers cherish. I feel so blessed and grateful to have some read more
What Christ did at Christmas
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 22nd 2009 by Culture Watch
by Janel Breitenstein We were all excited. I'd planned a sparkling Christmas family night: soup with cornbread, making popcorn balls, then cuddling up together for The Polar Express. Ahh. Christmas! What started it all going downhill? It could read more
Christmas joy has nothing to do with presents
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 21st 2009 by Culture Watch
by Tracey Lanter Christmas is my favorite time of year. I so enjoy the sights, sounds, and pleasant dispositions of all those around me. Christmas is a time filled with joy. Strangely, today my mind has wandered back to Rwanda. Interesting that in t read more
Christmas joy has nothing to do with presents
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 21st 2009 by Culture Watch
by Tracey Lanter Christmas is my favorite time of year. I so enjoy the sights, sounds, and pleasant dispositions of all those around me. Christmas is a time filled with joy. Strangely, today my mind has wandered back to Rwanda. Interesting that in t read more
Rebuked in the name of Jesus
Marty Holman | December 21st 2009 by Marty Holman
I don’t blame the mainstream media for making fun of Christians, because there are times that I certainly want to, like the one and only time I visited Des Moines, Iowa. I traveled with a vacation Bible School organization known as Neighborho read more
"I used to hate adoption..."
Lifesong Reflections | Andy Lehman | December 21st 2009 by Andy Lehman
"I used to hate adoption. And then God, through infertility, miscarriage, and tow little boys in a Russian orphanage, changed my understand of the gospel, of mission, and of myself. We're hosting a conference on adoption entitled, 'Ado read more
Sometimes . . . .
The Lylah Blog | December 20th 2009 by Lylah Ledner
. . . you might think you're boxed in and alone . . .but, not really. Blog Information Profile for livingonpurpose2 read more
Sometimes Life . . .
The Lylah Blog | December 19th 2009 by Lylah Ledner
. . . .feels wild and chaotic . . . and when it does . . . what matters most is how we respond to it. I have learned that I can either react to the moment and miss the point of it . . . or respond grabbing His hand coming under the umbrella of truth read more
The Ways of God . . .
The Lylah Blog | December 18th 2009 by Lylah Ledner
. . . are not ours nor are His thoughts ours . . . they are higher . . . and sometimes we can get stuck when we try to over-think or what a friend once said "double-think" what it is that He's doing - especially when we feel wounded by a friend's cho read more
Grieving at Christmas
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 18th 2009 by Culture Watch
by Janel Breitenstein I heard a thought second-hand recently, which was originally from a mother who'd just lost her child in a terrible accident. The mom explained that she'd diligently raised her kids to love the Lord—really sought to read more
Grieving at Christmas
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 18th 2009 by Culture Watch
by Janel Breitenstein I heard a thought second-hand recently, which was originally from a mother who'd just lost her child in a terrible accident. The mom explained that she'd diligently raised her kids to love the Lord—really sought to read more
Mothering melodrama (part two) and the Christmas message
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 17th 2009 by Culture Watch
by Jennifer Dyer The other day one of my posts entitled "Mothering melodrama" received a fairly negative comment. At first the criticism stung and my feelings were hurt, but as I thought about it I came to see the reader's point. She read more
Mothering melodrama (part two) and the Christmas message
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 17th 2009 by Culture Watch
by Jennifer Dyer The other day one of my posts entitled "Mothering melodrama" received a fairly negative comment. At first the criticism stung and my feelings were hurt, but as I thought about it I came to see the reader's point. She read more
A friend in crisis
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 14th 2009 by Culture Watch
by Susan Yates I have a dear friend whose marriage is in crisis. Both she and her husband are strong believers, yet they are in a very hard place. There is not an overriding reason, just years of accumulated "stuff" that has not been dealt read more
A friend in crisis
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 14th 2009 by Culture Watch
by Susan Yates I have a dear friend whose marriage is in crisis. Both she and her husband are strong believers, yet they are in a very hard place. There is not an overriding reason, just years of accumulated "stuff" that has not been dealt read more
GOD DIRECT by Calvin Wulf
Living for God Blog | December 10th 2009 by Calvin and Lisa Wulf
SPIRITUAL LIFE~ Have you ever thought you would like to have a direct experience with God? Maybe you have already experienced the overwhelming presence of the Lord of heaven and earth. A heart that is born of the Spirit has an instinctive longi read more
Sheltered
Marty Holman | December 9th 2009 by Marty Holman
Fremont Baptist Temple’s Christmas Cantatas in the 80’s and 90’s were big. Big everything. Big drama. Big music. Big crowds. Big hair. Practice for the choir started in the fall on Sunday evenings a few hours before the read more
No Title
Traditional Catholic Reflections and Reports | December 8th 2009 by Stephen Hand
Weeping Before the Cross Back in the mid-to-late 1980's I saw something that seared into my heart, a scene which I will take with me to my grave. I wrote about it once before but it's been lost, so I will stammer again to describe it.The photograph read more
Helpless mother
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 4th 2009 by Culture Watch
by Sabrina Beasley Our family has been very blessed in the contagious illness department. My 18-month-old son has had his share of colds, but we’ve avoided almost every other kind of sickness … until this fall. Our entire household fell victi read more
At the Crossbones cemetery
Spitalfields Life | December 3rd 2009 by the gentle author
I walked down to the Borough Market yesterday and once I had bought sausages for supper, I turned a corner and walked fifty yards south under a railway bridge down Redcross St to meet John Constable, the poet and urban mystic, at the site of the Cr read more
When my kids take care of me
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 3rd 2009 by Culture Watch
by Janel Breitenstein Last night's interactions with my kids were through waves of mommy-exhaustion. And when I get tired, I lean towards being overly emotional, insecure, and task-driven. I overreacted when my son threw something in the fish bo read more
Sister Bridget & Sister Bernadette
Spitalfields Life | December 2nd 2009 by the gentle author
The Sisters of Mercy set up Providence Row in Spitalfields back in 1860 as the first non-sectarian shelter to offer support to the homeless, and I was very curious to meet the Sisters still working here today because I have such respect for the hono read more
Education—what's the point?
FamilyLife MomBlog | December 2nd 2009 by Culture Watch
by Jennifer Dyer Back in college, one of my classmates asked me an interesting question. "So, if you want to have children and stay at home with them, what's the point of getting your degree, especially a Master's?" I had several read more
Hope in Christmas lights
Marty Holman | December 1st 2009 by Marty Holman
I drove last night and thought to myself that there are more Christmas lights around where I’m from than in years past. They look beautiful and they display brightly that the holiday season is upon us once again. Yes, the Christmas spirit read more
This Season... Spend Less, Give More
Lifesong Reflections | Andy Lehman | December 1st 2009 by Andy Lehman
Consider sharing this video with your church to encourage them to worship fully, spend less, give more, and receive love. Make a difference this Christmas. Give a gift. Change a life. read more
Two Levels In Our Relationship – 5 Minutes Of Light
Kabbalah Blog | November 29th 2009 by Anna
(If video is not visible, then watch it here) Spiritual life involves having a loving, warm connection among each other on the spiritual level & being to the point on the corporeal level. Based on the Daily Kabbalah Lesson of 29 November, 2009 read more
Living Spirit Show - The Masculine / Feminine Polarity
Life Divine - Yoga - Meditation - Spirituality - Personal De… | November 27th 2009 by Ray Baskerville
Copyright © 2009 Ray Baskerville. Visit the original article at http://www.lifedivine.net/pd/living-spirit-show-the-masculine-feminine-polarity/. In this episode Alison Miller and I talk about the masculine / feminine polarity. We cov read more
Sharing God's Heart for Orphans With Your Kids
Lifesong Reflections | Andy Lehman | November 27th 2009 by Andy Lehman
Check out this recent Tapestry blog posting - As more and more people are awakened to the needs of orphans, we see many followers of Christ discovering and embracing (many for the first time) the privilege of loving and serving these children that a read more
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jenerally-Speaking | November 25th 2009 by Jen
I can’t believe Thanksgiving is here already! I’m so very very VERY excited. This is my favorite time of the year. Thanksgiving is just the beginning…then we have the entire Christmas season to look forward to. Black Friday, read more
Authentic Gratitude
Lifesong Reflections | Andy Lehman | November 25th 2009 by Andy Lehman
We received this note today from Scott Hasenbalg, executive director of Show Hope - Friends – First, a Happy Thanksgiving to each of you. Last week, Kerry and I spoke at Focus on the Family Chapel and shared our journe read more
Subscribe To