The Lord Jesus Christ is the Reason we celebrate. He is God incarnate.  Fully God and fully man. We reflect on His first advent while a...

Christmas ought to be a time of peace.  A time of quiet reflection. However, it often isn't.  In fact, just the opposite ca...

So, we stayed home this Christmas . We were almost too busy to think.  It was a mercy, really. However, the tears still came.   At rando...

Christmas is upon us and we find ourselves missing our Austin in the midst of it all . We always will.  That will never change. Never...

Last Christmas we were not home.  We left. My sister graciously hosted us .  We even were blessed to stay with friends we met through blo...

Expanded and Unabridged ~ A recap of our time away. But, before we launch into all that, please know that we view this vacation as a gift ...

The Lord has been so gracious to us. This past Christmas, He gave us a gift of grace. We were blessed to have had time away as a famil...

Precious Friends ~ I am thankful for each one of you. Your friendship and kindness to our family is such a blessing. In the last number o...

Every year (for quite some time now),  we make an effort to  go to Burnaby Village Museum one evening  prior to Christmas Day. It'...