My friend Karen planned a Friendsgiving celebration for the residents at the healthcare home where her mother lives. We decorated the tables with tall lanterns filled with tiny lights and red, orange, and yellow silk leaves. Then we added stuffed pumpkins and sprinkled candy at each place. During the…
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Banish the Morning Blues and Celebrate Each Day with the Psalmists
Local friends, please read the invitation at the conclusion of this post and RSVP. Thank you. When you hear, “She got up on the wrong side of the bed,” you know someone displayed grouchy behavior. How can we start our days on the right side and banish the morning…
Take Six Easy Steps to Change Your Closet and Examine Your Heart This Fall
Goosebumps covered my ten-year-old arms and legs as I skipped rocks on the river beside my grandparents’ cabin. How I wished for my gray corduroy pants on that breezy autumn day. Cooler weather reminds us of sweaters and flannel. An easy six-step plan for seasonal closet adjustments can lead us…
Four Helpful Tips to Keep Your Hospitality Simple and Fun
When you hear the word hospitality, do you smile and hum “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast? Or do you frown and sing the “I’m Too Busy Blues?” We know the Bible teaches us to be hospitable, but sometimes it seems overwhelming. Let’s put our heads together and…
Refresh with Summer Joy: 5 Easy Ways to Gather Friends Around the Table
Let’s continue our theme of reaching for refreshment and savoring summer days by cultivating our relationship with God and each other. Today I’m including: 1. Lemonade stand memories, 2. Encouraging words from the apostle Paul, 3. 5 easy ways to gather friends around the table, 4. 2 more summer recipes,…