For some, leaving Christmas decorations up into January (or after!) is a way to hold on to the joyous scenes of the season. For me, I prefer to spend the week between Christmas and New Year's slowly but surely taking down the last trace of tinsel. My household celebrates and decorates Christmas big—down to each room getting a makeover, from our vintage Christmas cottage comforter to the ice-skating Mickey & Minnie shower curtain in our daughter's bathroom. Simplifying and cle

Advent tells a different story: Love entered the imperfect and chose to come close.

“This awful moment wasn’t going to be the end of my story. When life feels impossibly hard, it’s easy to wonder if things will ever get easier. But in the very place where I fell apart, God began to rebuild something beautiful."

Our life is but a vapor, but it will have true meaning when we look to Jesus for everything.

You are my Calm amidst the storm, and I know You will never forsake me—not now, not tomorrow, not ever.

Despite my running away, God continued to offer comfort, guidance, and reassurance that our suffering would not be in vain.

In those seasons of indecision, longing, or waiting, it’s easy to miss the truth

I didn’t know why this was happening, but God did. Looking back, I see how He turned my deepest pain into unexpected blessings.

We become spectacular new creations of hope through our brokenness—a stain-glass of imperfection, reflecting hope in Jesus Christ.