This simple craft is a fun and festive way to count down the days until Christmas while remembering the real reason we celebrate! It’s made by removing the glass from an old photo frame, inserting Christmas paper, and gluing on a small clothespin to hold a card...
How to Love Your Neighbor
How to Love Your Neighbor When You Feel Overwhelmed
I think the feeling of being overwhelmed is one of Satan’s favorite human emotions. It leads to so much delicious sinning! Tempers flare, focus is lost, paralysis sets in. I’m feeling this right now. My family has just moved to a new suburb in Atlanta. As I pray for...
How To Love Your Muslim Neighbor
I (Sara) asked my friend Scott to write this post months ago. He and his sweet wife Lindsay were students in the college ministry at my home church in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was beautiful to watch them grow together, marry, and respond to God's call in their lives to...
How to Pray
This is a prayer that never fails. Are you ready to learn a one-size-fits-all prayer for every problem any one of us will ever face? This prayer is simple, but it’s not easy; in fact, it may be the most difficult prayer you’ll ever utter. It certainly was for Jesus....
Why You Should Sip Your Red Starbucks Cup With Pride
Oh, boy. Here we go again. We're all out there, minding our own business, trying to love the people right in front of us, when another controversial Christian post goes viral. Yet, its all over the news and social media...."Christians in an uproar over Starbucks Red...
How to Host a Dessert Buffet for Your Neighbors
Do you know what a Dessert Buffet really is?It's an excuse to love your neighbor! It's not just an excuse to indulge your sweet tooth... it's an excuse to open your heart and your home, and to develop a relationship with your neighbor. This can be as simple as...
Why Neighbors Matter
Lauren Gaskill has a lot going on: she's an inspirational writer, editor, Christian speaker and food blogger with a passion for inspiring people, and helping others overcome chronic illness, grow in their faith and experiment in the kitchen. Her blog, Making Life...
How to Love Your Neighbor Who Is Different From You
Brenda Nixon and I connected over our common Ohio roots and our love for our neighbors - especially the ones who are oh-so-different from us. Brenda's 35th book, Beyond Buggies and Bonnets: Seven True Stories of Former Amish, chronicles her experiences "adopting" two...
How to Love Your Neighbor at Halloween
Confession: I've ever seen a scary movie, never been to a haunted house. I cringe at creepy, crawly decorations and I dread a month of gory programs on television. But... my neighbors seem to like Halloween very much. They're hanging spider webs and bats (and...
Determined To Know Nothing…
Over a year ago, I taped this verse to my computer, "I am determined to know nothing when I am with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified." (1 Corinthians 2:2). It was a pragmatic, simple little thing. I have unattainably high German principles, Dutch opinions,...










