Category: God’s Character
Today if the fourth Sunday of Advent: Love.
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Category: Christmas, Culture, God's Character, Holidays, Personal Thoughts, Writing SpotTags: Advent, Advent 2020, Children, Christmas, John 3, Love
Today is the third Sunday of Advent: Joy.
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Category: Bible, Christmas, Culture, God's Character, Holidays, Luke, Personal Thoughts, Writing SpotTags: Advent, Advent 2020, Advent Calendar, Comfort, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good Things, Joy
Posted on December 6, 2020
by Danielle Grandinetti
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Today is the second Sunday of Advent: Peace.
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Category: Bible, Christmas, Culture, God's Character, Holidays, Personal Thoughts, Writing SpotTags: Advent, Advent 2020, Advent Calendar, Christmas Bells, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Peace
Today is the first Sunday of Advent: Hope
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Category: Bible, Christmas, Culture, God's Character, Holidays, Personal Thoughts, Writing SpotTags: Advent, Advent 2020, Character of God, Christmas, Faithfulness, Hope, Mercy, Personal Thoughts
With it being a holiday weekend and one usually spent with family while enjoying the last days of summer, reviewing a children’s picture book seemed like the perfect book review post for today. Different Like Me is written by Xochitl Dixon and illustrated by… Continue Reading “Book Review | Different Like Me”
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Category: Books Review, Children's Fiction, Chronic Illness, Culture, Family, Gender, God's Character, Identity, Picture Book, Writing SpotTags: Bonnie Lui, Book Review, Children's Authors, Children's Books, Different Like Me, Picture Book, September Book Review, Xochitl Dixon
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or so the song claims. I tend to agree, but also know that such expectation can often leave us wanting more. The wonder and magic of the season can get lost amid the running around, the… Continue Reading “Make it Monday | Christmas”
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Category: Bible, Culture, Family, General, God's Character, Holidays, Make it Monday, Personal Thoughts, Seasons, Self-careTags: Christmas, Gift Giving, Loss, Love, Make it Monday, Motherhood, Peace, Self-care
Today I’m making an exception to the books I usually review. When a friend publishes a book, I always jump at the chance to help promote it. But when a friend publishes a book so poignant as this one, I have to share that… Continue Reading “Reading Wednesday | Waiting for God”
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Category: Bible, Books Review, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Devotional, God's Character, Writing SpotTags: Book Review, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Devotional, Reading Wednesday, Waiting for God, Xochitl Dixon
Amanda Dykes’ debut novel, Whose Waves These Are, is an emotional tale of love, loss, and family. When her great uncle Bob experiences life-threatening injuries, Annie Bliss returns to Ansel-by-the-Sea for the first time since she was ten years old. She finds Bob has… Continue Reading “Reading Wednesday | Whose Waves These Are”
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Category: Bethany House, Books Review, Christian Fiction, God's Character, Historical Fiction, Novels, Writing SpotTags: Amanda Dykes, Bethany House Publishers, Book Review, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Reading Wednesday, Whose Waves These Are
Curiosity killed the cat, the saying goes. Sylvia Miller’s curiosity might just destroy her family. When she peeks in her dad’s tinderbox, she unlocks a secret he has harbored for twenty years. The Tinderbox, by Beverly Lewis, returns readers to Lancaster county and the… Continue Reading “Reading Wednesday | The Tinderbox”
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Category: Bethany House, Books Review, Christian Fiction, Culture, Family, God's Character, Novels, Romance, Writing SpotTags: Amish Fiction, Beverly Lewis, Book Review, Christian Fiction, Reading Wednesday, Romance, The Tinderbox
Here on the edges of Lake Michigan, it seemed forever before the brown of spring gave way to the green of summer. Mortimer the Mouse, felt the same way, too. He longed for green, but was surrounded by so much brown. In Mortimer’s First… Continue Reading “Reading Wednesday|Mortimer’s First Garden”
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Category: Books Review, Children's Fiction, God's Character, Seasons, Writing SpotTags: Book Review, Children's Books, Garden, Karma Wilson, Reading Wednesday, Spring, Waiting