Category Archives: Holidays

Let’s Have a Holiday Potluck!

Let’s have a holiday potluck.  We can’t share actual food, but we can share recipes for our favorite healthier holiday side dishes and healthy holiday eating tips. Please leave a comment to share a link to your favorite healthier holiday side dish.  You may leave you healthy holiday eating tips in the comment section or as aContinue reading “Let’s Have a Holiday Potluck!”

Thought for Today

“What are the key first steps to enter into Advent?  We can all slow down. We can all breathe more deeply. We can all begin to trust that this will be a blessed time. Then, when we let ourselves be who we are, and hear the Scriptures, we can begin to quietly pray, ‘Come, Lord,Continue reading “Thought for Today”

A Season of Angels

Each year I celebrate A Season of Angels beginning at Thanksgiving and continuing through Christmas, making one angel craft project each day.  I started doing this after a local tragedy during the holiday season several years ago but I still do this each year. This is different than making crafts to sell or give asContinue reading “A Season of Angels”

National Day of Listening

The National Day of Listening was started in 2008 by Story Corp as an non-commercial alternative to the craziness of Black Friday shopping.  On this day after Thanksgiving take a few minutes to sit down and record an interview with a loved one.  Even if you think you have heard all of Grandpa’s stories aContinue reading “National Day of Listening”

Reclaiming the Holidays

Every year as the holidays approach I am saddened by the number of people who seem to have become slaves to their holiday traditions. Over indulging in food and drink, over spending, working to the point of exhaustion and extreme stress are too often simply accepted as the way things are. Most of us don’tContinue reading “Reclaiming the Holidays”

The Holiday eBook and Bob’s Birthday

I have made revisions and added a few things, including photos to my Holiday eBook Have Yourself a Healthy Little Holiday.  It is now available through the Kindle Store or from our bookstore. Tomorrow is Bob’s birthday, so today (11/9), tomorrow (11/10) and Monday (11/11) we are offering this book FREE to everyone.  Yes, I saidContinue reading “The Holiday eBook and Bob’s Birthday”

Hymn of Promise for Resurrection Sunday

I believe the Hymn of Promise is one of the most beautiful, simple, yet theologically correct hymns of our time.  Written by Natalie Sleeth as a choir anthem, a hymn version is included in the United Methodist Hymnal.  Although not normally thought of as an Easter hymn I couldn’t think of anything more appropriate. The LordContinue reading “Hymn of Promise for Resurrection Sunday”

Don’t Overcook the Cabbage

Tomorrow is the Feast Day of St. Patrick, known in the U.S. as Saint Patrick’s Day. Many Americans will celebrate with corned beef and cabbage. Bob and I enjoy cabbage throughout the year. I realize many people do not. If this is the case for you, then perhaps your cabbage has been overcooked. I rememberContinue reading “Don’t Overcook the Cabbage”

The Month of Hope

This year three of the great holidays celebrating hope all fall within the month of March.  First on the 20th we have the Vernal Equinox, that gentle reminder from our mother, the earth, that life goes on, rebirth and second chances are all still possible. Then on the 26th we celebrate the beginning of Passover. Continue reading “The Month of Hope”