A Calm 2024 Lent and Holy Week Templates

A Calm 2024 Lent and Holy Week Templates

My usual Lent is a 46-day challenge of overambitious reading of Scripture and devotionals, attempts at behavior changes, acts of kindness, giving up favorite things, and doodling on several calendars. I can never quite settle on a single path or discipline. My...
Advent Calendars 2023

Advent Calendars 2023

  Using an Advent calendar is one of my favorite ways to prepare and pray in the days leading up to Christmas. Unlike the store-bought versions, my calendars have no doors, just blank spaces for the days of Advent. Instead of tearing apart a calendar day by day, I...
New School-Year: Anticipation and Anxiety

New School-Year: Anticipation and Anxiety

For kids, the transition from summer vacation to a new school-year can be both a time of excitement and anticipation AND a time of fear and anxiety. Readying kids for school involves practical and physical preparations. Checking out wardrobes, replacing outgrown...