Yesterday this excellent read came from Jim Daly at Focus on the Family and I couldn’t think of a better way to sum up the Christmas Season so I wanted to share: Despite what you see on commercials, Christmas isn’t...
The last step is where too many stumble: EXECUTION! You’ve planned, prepared, and put everything in writing. Now you’ve got to execute. If you haven’t completed the four steps we talked about over the past few posts, you aren’t yet...
We know you are probably about to close shop for the holidays – BUT WAIT! Save this link and come back to read it when you have some downtime over the next few days. In our last post, we covered...
After his great disappointment (the bonus check that ended up being a membership to the Jelly of the Month Club) and Uncle Lewis burning down the Christmas tree, Clark Griswold determined that in spite of it all, he would give...
In one of the scenes from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” Clark Griswold receives something quite unexpected. He had pinned all his hopes on a huge bonus so that he could surprise his family with a down payment on a swimming...
Ah, good ol’ Clark Griswold. We all know what he is thinking . . . There are various approaches to the post-season chore of taking down Christmas decorations. Some people refuse to put them up in the first place. Others...
On a sweltering Texas day this past summer, a friend, in all seriousness, warned me that there was going to be a considerable turkey shortage come November. She had already bought hers and advised me that I’d best do the...
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. -Marian Wright Edelman I...
A PRAYER FOR LABOR DAY Lord, on this Labor Day, We thank you for the blessing of work. We ask for the strength to complete each day. We ask for rest for when we are weary. We ask for your...