Easter is just a few short days away and celebrations are underway. Girls are picking out their Easter dresses and children everywhere are getting excited for Easter egg hunts. Pictures are taken with the Easter bunny and chocolate is filling every household. So much celebrating is going on. But wait, this isn’t what we should be celebrating… Read More
With Easter coming up this week it can be so easy to get lost in the pastel colored Easter eggs and taking pictures with the Easter bunny. In our every increasing secular world it’s so important to focus on the real meaning of Easter. The true meaning of Easter can get lost in the shuffle so as… Read More
Easter egg hunts, pastel dresses, decorating eggs, the Easter bunny, lilies, oh and going to church. This is what Easter was for me for many years. Yes, of course, Easter was about Christ. Duh, it’s HIS holiday. He died and rose again. But I didn’t truly understand what it was all about. It wasn’t until… Read More
Easter is quickly approaching so that means my Easter baskets, marshmallow eggs, and fun treats are ready to be handed out! I love being able to make a fun Easter treat and attach a beautiful scripture about Christ’s death and the joy of his Resurrection. One fun Easter gift is chocolate dipped marshmallow egg baskets. This is a… Read More
When my husband and I got married, we had nothing! We had both lived on campus at our University for one year (I was in a dorm and he was in an apartment) so we had nothing of our own! We were fortunate to be blessed by so many gifts from friends and family. We got a… Read More
Last week I wrote a review of a fabulous book called “Practicing Hospitality: The Joy of Serving Others” and also shared 10 great resources to help you get started with practicing hospitality. These posts spurred on some discussion of hospitality and how to really practice it. I know that living in an apartment, condo, or… Read More
Over the past several months Hospitality has become a main focus in our home. My husband and I began studying about it and felt convicted that part of our responsibility within the church and as Christians is to practice Biblical Hospitality. But this is not an often talked about topic within the American church today. I mean,… Read More
Practicing Hospitality: The Joy of Serving Others by Pat Ennis and Lisa Tatlock has been one of the most influencial books that I have ever read. In the days of the New Testament, churches were started and functioned out of the home. The home was the central hub of the New Testament church. It was… Read More
I have always been the kind of person who has a pretty good grasp on what the Bible teaches. I can dig into doctrine and see what God’s word teaches. The problem is that I can never remember the verses. Oh, I know that somewhere it says something about this. But that doesn’t cut it…. Read More
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