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Advent Devotional (Week 2): Abiding Peace, Abounding Joy

Thank you for downloading and reading Week 1 of the Advent Devotional. This Sunday, December 10th, we begin Week 2 of the devotional. This coming week (starting Sunday), we focus on two themes - peace and joy. Which of us doesn't want more peace and overflowing joy? If someone's selling it, sign me up! But, of course, we all know ...

Advent Devotional 2023

It has been several years since I wrote my last Advent devotional. I remember writing that Bible plan as a challenge to myself. Could I keep the focus on Christ and manage to write 25 devotionals for Christmas? It was one of those God-sized goals—but it wasn't to show the world that I had "nailed" ...

Hope Came Down For The Helpless

As part of our family’s tradition of watching Christmas movies during the holidays, this year we chanced upon (i.e. Netflix strongly “suggested”), “Spirited” starring Will Farrell and Ryan Reynolds. (If you haven’t watched the movie yet, be warned, there may be spoilers up ahead.) The movie is a musical reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas ...

A Christmas Lesson From A Coffee Shop

The Toffee Crunch Mocha Latte called my name. I deliberated over the other options. The americano with a splash of milk. Way fewer calories. The cappuccino with a foamy heart. Way more sensible. The south Indian filter coffee. Way more familiar. But the Toffee Crunch Mocha Latte was just more… holiday-y. This is the season to indulge, they say. So ...

A Christmas “Activity” You Won’t Want To Miss

Women are getting angrier. At least that’s what a recent poll reveals. An annual survey by Gallup suggests that women, on average worldwide, have been getting angrier over the past 10 years. In 2012 both genders reported anger and stress at similar levels. But more recently, it was found that women were angrier—by six percentage points. The ...

A is for Apple…and Advent

“I don’t have a snack today because my mom didn’t have money to buy me anything,” she says with a brave smile. She tries her best to sound nonchalant about the fact that while the other kids eat their cookies and fruit, she won’t have anything to munch on. I think about my overstuffed shelves jammed ...

A Christmas Prayer For You

As we gather with friends and family for Christmas, I want to take a moment to say thank you. Thank you for reading the words God lays on my heart and for blessing me with your words of encouragement and prayers for my family. Christmas this year is going to be especially hard for us as ...
MEET SUSAN

I love words. But you probably figured that out by now, considering this website essentially collates my words on the web. Read More…