Simple Ways to Focus on Jesus During the Christmas Season

Nativity with the focus on Jesus.
Nativity set made by a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo from banana fibers.

I want to help myself and my family focus on Jesus during the holidays, but at times I’ve felt swept up in the commercialism and busyness of the season. I start out excited about Advent but about halfway through December decide whatever resource we’re using is too cumbersome. As far as Advent calendars go we can do the tiny chocolate-filled ones and that’s about our limit.

So the question is how can my family simply focus on Jesus in a doable and sustainable way that can be reproduced year after year?

I’ve made a list of simple things to help put the focus on Jesus during the busy month of December.

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11-18-2022 | Comments Off on Simple Ways to Focus on Jesus During the Christmas Season

Easy Way for Kids to Pack for Trips

Packing list for Kids

For free kids’ packing list click the orange button at the end of this post.

Getting ready for trips can be stressful and there are so many things to do and tasks to complete. If you have kids then you know the extra work it requires to get everyone out the door. I’m sharing a simple tool today that has helped us tremendously.

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11-11-2022 | Comments Off on Easy Way for Kids to Pack for Trips

Introducing Our Kids to Coffee Shop Culture

Kids drinking from a hot chocolate from a mug at a coffee shop.

Brent and I were born in the late 70’s and early 80’s during the rise of the coffee shop culture. It seems silly to think there was a time when coffee shops were not on every corner of the U.S. but it’s true. Sure there were diners and breakfast restaurants but not places designed to just sell fancy espresso-based drinks.

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11-04-2022 | Comments Off on Introducing Our Kids to Coffee Shop Culture

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