Christmas

When Christmas Looks Different

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Christmas looks a little different when you find yourself far from home and the traditions you grew up with. From the time we were too little to do anything but gasp and excitedly point out the window, my parents drove me and my brothers around the town looking at Christmas lights. As we grew older the tradition continued. We would all put on pajamas and drive around, searching for the most decorated neighborhood or brightly lit house.   I remember one Christmas years ago when my parents took on the role of Secret Santa. Mom would bake cookies and package…

Ideas for Mentoring Your Daughters through the Holidays

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As I enter full-steam ahead into this holiday month, I am especially sensitive about the opportunity to intentionally mentor my daughters through the holidays.  I want to help them embrace the fullness of remembering the Christ child’s birth, without heaping on extra responsibilities rooted in traditions that drain their schedules of rest and joy. The challenge, however, is that my three girls are in distinctly different developmental stages. Through the Teens My oldest, fourteen, and is already studying for finals while and working on a bio project, and yet rather spend her time watching football and catching up on sleep.…

Merry Christmas

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From our team of writers and contributors, advisers and prayer warriors, that enables More to Be to continue to serve you, we wish you a very Merry Christmas. May the favor of God rest upon you and your family as you celebrate the birth of Christ and give thanks to God for being our Creator, provider, and faithful Lord.    

When Christmas is Lost in Singleness

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Every year I look forward to the Hallmark Channel’s continuation of their Christmas movie marathon. For two hours I escape into a world where Christmas is magical. The child reconciles with his parents. The husband and wife escape divorce. And the single woman finds love. All in the nick of time – just before Christmas morning. However, these movies were not always an escape as they are now. I remember as a single woman the whisper of another year of unknowns to come that overtook my mind as I watched these movies. Loneliness set in with the unfilled hope that…

{Christmas Devotional} 12 Days of Eternal Gifts

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Shopping lists. Laundry. Christmas cards. Bills. Cookie Exchanges. Final Exams. Christmas Caroling. Picking up kids from college. Secret Santas. Mop the floor. Black Friday specials. Doctor’s appointments. Women’s Christmas Tea. Soup kitchen. Nativity programs. Homework. School programs. But where does Jesus fit into our holiday rhythm? Our December calendars are jam-packed with traditions and festivities, squeezed into already too full schedules. Survival requires finding an extra five hours a week to keep up with the commitments, and in the process maintain our sanity and sweetness. I don’t know about you, but I’m not that good! I can’t stop the clock!…

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