“I know it’s Christmas, but I just feel sad!” What is a parent to do if their child just isn’t joyful this Christmas season? While you’ll find plenty of articles and blogs that deal with adult depression and darkness during the holiday season, there’s an unspoken expectation that children will just automatically be filled…
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Christmas Isn’t Just for the Kids!!
Christmas is the perfect season to establish new and meaningful traditions! Whether it’s loading everyone in the family car to drive around looking at Christmas lights or reading aloud beloved books that only come out during the holiday season, it’s so fun to develop new holiday routines that will bring joy to the whole…
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Are you looking for a way to turn the holidays into a time of spiritual growth, family unity, and wonderful lifelong memories? Start this Christmas season off right by helping your family turn their focus off of self and on to serving others! Christmas is one of those holidays that, if we’re not careful, can…
Read MoreThe Christmas Truth It Took Me Too Many Years To Learn…
Christmas is such a special holiday around my house. But to be honest, Christmas is so much more than just a day; it’s the entire month from Thanksgiving until the actual morning we sit around the tree opening presents. Always, like forever, my goal was that the month of Christmas celebration would be a fun time of…
Read MoreA 25-Day Countdown to a Character-Filled Christmas Day #25
Day #25 Luke 2:1-20 2 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. 4 Joseph also went up from Galilee,…
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Day #24 Romans 8:6 Do you want a home that is permeated by the character quality of peacefulness? I know that I do! A peaceful home will become a safe haven for our own families, as well as a sanctuary to friends and acquaintances who are looking for a calm refuge during their own times…
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Day #23 Proverbs 27:12 We’re almost to the end of our 25-day countdown! I hope you’ve seen positive change in your own level of character health, as well as in the level of character evidenced in your children’s lives. Today’s character quality goes all the way back to day one of our countdown. It is…
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Day #22 Galatians 6:9 What does it mean to have a character defined by perseverance? Is perseverance something for adults to demonstrate, but it’s just unattainable for our kids? Without perseverance, is it possible to accomplish great things? Today’s character quality is what marks the difference between those who live their…
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Day #21 Psalm 89:28 Today’s character quality is loyalty. Although there are many ways that we can exhibit misaligned loyalty, loyalty to good and worthy causes is a tremendous character quality. Have you ever considered loyalty as a necessary character quality? Unlike simple shared likes and experiences, loyalty to a group, cause, or…
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Day #20 Luke 16:10 Today’s character quality will build positive character for life! The world is in desperate need of folks who demonstrate the character quality of dependability. Workers who show up late, sporadically, or not at all, handicap businesses. Organizations that are intended to help and serve others find themselves unable to fulfill…
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Megan Scheibner 