Last year our church did a great job celebrating Advent. Honestly I didn’t really understand what Advent was all about until last year but it just made Christmas so much more meaningful. I didn’t even know that Advent meant “coming” or “arrival.” This season marks the 4 weeks leading up to Christmas, historically set aside … Read more
We’ve had a great Thanksgiving week with some much needed family time and a little rest. (Along with some craft time. Aren’t my children adorable in their turkey headbands? I mean look at Isaac’s cheeks?! You could eat those for dinner.) My dad was here for Thanksgiving and it was very low key. We even … Read more
Our #1 priority as a team in Portland is to be healthy. Not to be productive, efficient or even blow people away with our ministry skills. Sure, we would like to do all those things but it’s not our #1 goal. We want to be healthy so that we enjoy our work, each other and … Read more