Jumpstarting Your First Day Back of 2013

  Happy New Year!! It’s 2013! A new year full of promise and expectation. Of course, this may also bring something akin to dread. Have you ever heard these words? “School again? Do we have to?” Oh yeah, it is time to put away the holiday excitement and batten down the hatches for a long stretch … Read more

Feeling Overloaded?

It’s that time of year again…time to get a nice, new, shiny, empty calendar…and overfill it. WAIT! Are you sure that is the best plan for your family (and you) for 2013? Many, many people (mostly Americans I think) spend January making plans. Whether you want to call them resolutions, goals, or family focus, can … Read more

Keeping CHRIST in CHRISTmas

  I can still remember a day when my oldest daughter was around four-years-old and we asked her what Christmas was all about.  We expected her to say “Jesus”, and instead she said “Presents!”  Up until that moment, we thought we had been doing a pretty good job of keeping the focus on Christ.  That … Read more

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