We all agree that our moms are marvellous. We don’t need prompts from the greeting card industry to remind us of that. The dilemma is how to make them feel marvellous without buying into all the hype surrounding Mom’s special day. Several years ago before I became a...
Making Jesus the center of your family’s celebration can present a challenge when images of the Easter Bunny are so prevalent. Parents must take special measures to help kids understand that Jesus is the giver of Easter gifts—His love, His sacrificial death, the...
When my husband was a small child, his grandfather had a favorite prank he loved to pull. When Michael and his family went to visit, Grandpa Twigg always brought out his penny jug. This jug was really more like an urn, with an opening at the top just big enough for a...
Colossians 4:17 has always been a curious verse to me. Paul has just finished his letter to the church in Colosse. Among the greetings that are customary at the end of his letters, he throws in what almost appears to be an afterthought: "Tell Archippus: 'See to it...