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Ideas for family traditions for the entire year: New Year's Eve, Easter, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Halloween, and Christmas.

Family Traditions For Holidays Throughout the Year

One fun way to build memories with your kids is to create family traditions…traditions you do each and every year. Here are some easy family traditions for holidays throughout the year! I wouldn’t recommend doing ALL of these. Instead, choose one or two to incorporate into your year. Traditions for the Entire Year: Birthdays: Decorate your child’s door so she wakes up to a surprise. Interview your kids. Ask them the same questions each year, questions like: what is your favorite food, what is your favorite movie, who is your closest friend, what do you want to be when you grow …

Merry Christmas from Our Families to Yours!

“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV) As we gather together in homes around the world to celebrate the birth of Christ, we are reminded that Jesus came to give hope, peace, and salvation to all who would not only believe with their heads, but receive Him with their hearts. We are here as individuals and as a ministry because Jesus came to a cradle some 2000 years …

What is the Joy of Man’s Desiring?

What is the joy of man’s desiring? While going through emails the other morning, I listened to the Easy Listening music channel (cable), which mainly plays instrumentals. Since it is the Christmas season, it occasionally plays a Christmas song. One song began playing and made me stop. And think. It’s title? Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. I love that title. Wikipedia says it “is the most common English title of the 10th and last movement of the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, which means Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life, composed by Johann Sebastian …

How to Have a Birthday Party for Jesus

Our Christmas Tree I posted the above picture on my Facebook timeline and received many questions about the Birthday Bag for Jesus in front of the Christmas tree. At our house, that Birthday Bag is a reminder that we are celebrating the birthday of Jesus. Christmas is Jesus’ Birthday! Celebrate Click To Tweet A Christmas Party with Purpose Have a Purpose for Your Christmas Party Click To Tweet The tradition of celebrating Jesus’ birthday at Christmas started early in our marriage. Since our anniversary is December 19th (22 years this year!), it’s already a packed month for us, but we …

When Baby Jesus Goes Missing (And good news of great joy… for real)

I’ll never forget the year that baby Jesus disappeared. One day he was sleeping peacefully in that cute plastic stable, and the next day he was gone. Mary and Joseph were still lingering in Bethlehem and the shepherds were still hanging out with the sheep. But the baby in the manger was nowhere to be found. We hunted all over the house for that pudgy plastic babe. And we wondered how the synthetic star of our Fisher Price nativity set could have gone AWOL before we’d even lit our first Advent candle. We looked in the kitchen and in the toy box, under the Christmas …

Breaking Bread on Christmas

Eating with family and friends is such a great tradition and a huge part of what makes Christmas day so special. But did you know that breaking bread with others has a lot to do with Jesus? In Matthew 9:10 NIV, Jesus had dinner at Matthew’s house, “with many tax collectors and sinners …and his disciples.” He also ate with His disciples at the Last Supper. Jesus took the opportunity to eat and have conversations with both followers and sinners together. This gives us an opportunity to invite people over to our homes at Christmas who may not have anywhere else to go, …

Will You Give Today? (An Amazing Opportunity to Help Us Reach a MILLION MOMs for Christ & Partner with Churches and Organizations Around the World)

We know that Jesus changes everything. And we know that God’s Word holds the answer to the questions of every heart. We also know that if we reach the moms of this generation, we can reach the heart of the next generation. A MILLION MOMs is our goal MOM Groups is our tool The CHURCH is our partner The MOM Initiative is a 501(C)3 that rely on the support of God’s people to help us reach moms for Christ, to reach their children for Christ, and to minister to moms who know Christ. In 2015… Moms in 30 states and …

What Do You Expect?

Stacking up the pretty, but unused plates, I decided to go ahead and leave the holiday napkins right on top where I had put them earlier that morning. Maybe I’ll get to use them next year. I might as well just leave them so they are ready. I tried to think of something positive to push out my thoughts loaded with disappointment. Thanksgiving morning wasn’t what I thought it would be. If fact, it was nothing like I had planned. When I had whisked together the sunny eggs earlier that morning, I hadn’t picture myself moving the breakfast casserole from the oven to …

5 Common Ways Parents Breed Sibling Rivalry

“My kids fight all the time!” “I can’t stand the arguing.” “I just want some peace.” Does this sound familiar? Do you want your kids to get along? Do you want your quiet back? Or even better… Do you want your kids to be friends not foes? Do you want your kids to be friends not foes? @loriwildenberg Click To Tweet It seems times where attention is directed toward another sibling due to a celebration, like a birthday, or another’s success can stir the pot of envy, jealousy, or discontent. Sibling rivalry is the result. Sibling rivalry is as old …

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