by Jodie Barrett | Dec 1, 2014 | Christmas, difficult circumstances, featured, Open Hearts and Homes for Christmas, Uncategorized
Christmas. A time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Or is it? We rush, we make lists, we check them twice. We rush. Oh Lord, don’t let us rush past Christmas. Let us see you, celebrate you, ADORE YOU! May our hearts and homes be open for Christ this Christmas!...
by Jodie Barrett | Dec 24, 2013 | Ann Voscamp, Christmas, featured, Jesus, Revelation, Uncategorized
On several occasions, I have read a fictional story by Max Lucado called “Cosmic Christmas”. It’s a story about what it might have been like the night that Jesus came to earth. It speaks of a “war” between God and Satan, with Satan doing...
by Jodie Barrett | Dec 9, 2013 | Christmas, featured, Jesus, joy, prayer, Uncategorized
It all starts with a prayer to share the joy of Jesus with others And……………..a messy kitchen Each year leads to Christmas. Month after month, it leads to Christmas. January, February, March, April…we wait for December....
by Jodie Barrett | Dec 2, 2013 | Christmas, featured, mistakes, Uncategorized
I made a mistake. Four simple words that can be so difficult to articulate when they really need to be said. Sometime, like this weekend for me, they just need to be whispered to God. Other times they need to be quickly said to a friend, a child, a spouse. Are you...
by Donna Fender | Nov 6, 2013 | Christmas, featured, Isaiah, Jesse, joy, stumps, Uncategorized
I have a stump in my yard. It has been there since we moved in almost 4 years ago. I have tripped over it and fallen backwards. Justin has tried to chop it up and dig it out but it is still there. Just a dead stump. But you know, that stump was once a tree, full of...
