I love Advent. I can’t even describe to you how much I love Advent. Advent is a time of waiting. Waiting for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ and waiting for His second coming… that day when we get to see our Lord Jesus face to face. While I wait I want to be intentional. I want to wait with my heart’s eyes open to see God moving around me and to know Him at work in and through me. One of my favorite parts of the Christmas story in scripture is when Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the temple for theRead More →

Have you ever seen a black bear cub with its momma? Maybe you have. But then maybe you haven’t! I have a favorite memory from this past summer that will stick with me probably forever. My family got to go camping in one of our favorite places in the world – Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you have never visited Cades Cove, you should seriously consider doing that. I don’t know what it is about Cades Cove that grips my heart. Maybe it’s the history, maybe it’s the beauty of God’s creation so clearly on display, maybe it’s… I can’t reallyRead More →

Tuesday, November 21 10 -11 AM & 6 – 7 PM at LifeWay Chambersburg Cost: $5 per person Recess will be an hour only just for this month. Preregistration is requested. Registration will close 24 hours before each workshop. Click on either MORNING or EVENING to register. MORNING EVENING Does your Bible sing? My Bible does! Not literally, of course, but to my heart it surely seems like it does. All those fancy “floofy” things sticking from the top and even some on the side are a reminder of sweet time spent in fellowship with Jesus. There are so many of them! And each oneRead More →

A Praising Song There is space for you at A Praising Song – Recess With Jesus’s Bible Journaling Workshop on October 17. Baby black bears and purple mums are among the brand new original images that you will receive when you attend. I am pretty excited to share those! There is already a good group of ladies registered for both morning and evening and it would be great to have you there as well! Preregistration is requested and closes 24 hours before each workshop so that I can be well prepared. Tuesday, October 17 10 – 11:30 AM & 6 – 7:30 PM at LifeWayRead More →

serendipity noun ser·en·dip·i·ty \ˌser-ən-ˈdi-pə-tē\ : the gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not looked for; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way I just really love that the kids’ definition of “serendipity” calls it a “gift.” And that’s what this is. Once upon a long time ago, scrapbookers came up with the idea of using up scraps of paper to make little squares of awesomeness to use on their scrapbook pages. With a couple of hours of kind of mindless work, a thrifty crafter could clean up a pile of hard to throw away scraps! Those new sheetsRead More →