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Let the online holiday shopping deals begin! For all the book lovers in your life, I’m thrilled that for your Cyber Monday shopping, Moody Publishers has a great deal for you! CYBER MONDAY ONLY you can purchase Seated, Guarded, and Chosen at 50% off! Enjoy! Get it here: : http://bit.ly/HeatherHolleman
Even the Miserable Rain
We’re driving back up north to Pennsylvania, and it’s raining and miserable the whole way. But then, just as I’m wondering about living with flair on a day like today, the landscape suddenly changes. As the temperature drops in the mountains, the terrible rain has turned every single branch on the trees to glistening icicles. […]
A Wonderful Thanksgiving
I pray that those reading who celebrate Thanksgiving enjoyed a wonderful holiday. We took this picture after my husband ran a Turkey Trot 10K race. I think of the blessing of family. I also think of the even greater blessing of God’s love poured into our hearts that fills every part.
“Wherever the Lord Is. . .”
This morning I read this beautiful sentence: “Wherever the Lord is, all must go right for his children; His presence is enough.” Hannah Whitall Smith exhorts us to remember this, to believe it, and to realize it’s happening now. All must go right. Jesus is here.
Your Abundant Resources
This morning, I loved the prayer I receive in my inbox from Prayers Over Our Children. The prayer simply asks that God give our children “abundant resources” to “soothe a grieving world.” I love thinking of the abundant resources of God both within us from the Holy Spirit and also externally in terms of physical provision […]
Autumn Walk Under a Winter Sky
I leave the house as darkness creeps over the afternoon. It’s a winter sky with fluffy flurries falling over the brittle brown leaves on the trees. I’m steady on my feet and steady in my heart. I remember so much about the weather outside of me: circumstances I cannot control, the moods and idiosyncrasies of […]
Refreshing Your Table Manners
Today I thought about table manners. It’s so fun to refresh oneself on rules of etiquette in order to bless and honor your host and those around the table. My two favorite (and often overlooked) rules include sitting down only after your host and never putting anything on the table; your purse, coat, scarf, etc. […]
A Great Question for Your Holiday Gathering
Last night at a wedding reception, I tested out my new favorite question to ask people at any gathering. It’s this: What question do you like people to ask you? Around our table, I learned wonderful things I would have never thought to ask these people in my life I thought I knew well. Someone […]
Autumn Cookies
During our snow day, my oldest daughter and I attempt Autumn Cookies. She loves botany, so after she instructed me on proper leaf venation patterns, we set out on our artistic endeavor. We baked the cookies using leaf cookie cutters we found at Wegmans. I used a basic sugar cookie recipe. Then we spread white […]
A Pinecone Lesson
My tightly wound pinecones–those closed cones open to no one–have opened beautifully. Once, on the cold and wet forest floor, these little pine cones kept everything inside a secret. Any seed they might offer the world, they held tight to the heart. But once inside my home, after I washed and scented them with cinnamon […]