Advent idea # 5 (25 days of reading)

25 days of reading! I love this idea–I read about how a mom had carefully wrapped 25 books and each night she read one to her child at night.  Then when her second baby came along she carefully wrapped 50 books and read each child a book at night (I thought this was crazy but…

Creating a home for Advent

  What was Mary thinking when she was on her way to Bethlehem?  That was my mantra in 2005. It was December and I was big as a barn pregnant with my #3 baby.  My husband was in Japan for 8 weeks of my last trimester and I was trying to “manage” two other kids,…

Advent idea #6 recycled candles

When I began getting my ideas together for Advent I had no idea that it would snowball into a mini-series!  As our family has grown in size, a deeper faith, and more opinions . . . I want to accommodate my little disciples with a form of worship that will work for them.   (it…