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Hi friends - I thought I’d send a quick post to wrap up the month. And what a month it’s been! Counting Up To Christmas with you delighted me all month. Viewing the lights on the book cover many times this month helped me center on Christ in a new way that I’m...

An Unbeliever’s Perspective On Christmas: a Guest Post by Shirley Desmond Jackson

Christmas has always been magical to me. Like key ingredients of a favorite recipe, sparkling lights, candy canes and gingerbread create the perfect holiday. Sparkling Lights Because we didn’t believe in God, my family saw Jesus as nothing more than a historical...

The Three Women of Christmas: A Guest Post by DeVonne White

Hi there Peacock Sojourning friends! To write Counting Up To Christmas with greater skill, I joined a few writing groups and made several precious friends. Today's guest post was written by my friend DeVonne White, a fellow FlourishWriter who also published a new...

My Story: How “Counting Up To Christmas” Led To True Peace

Friends, we’ve made it to the Christmas season! As the biggest shopping day of the year begins, I’m up early sitting in my jammies with a cup of coffee—a familiar sight these days—pondering in my heart the God-given blessings I’ve experienced this year. Yes, it’s...

Being Thankful for the Gift of God’s Word: A guest post by Sheila Daniel

This week, we are going to pause from the preparation of Counting Up To Christmas and focus on gratitude for God’s Word. It is nearly Thanksgiving after all! As I have grown as a writer, I've had the opportunity to meet some lovely, like-minded people. Sheila Daniel...

Counting Up To Christmas: The Gift of Joy

What decorations bring you joy during the season of Advent? This year, people seem excited to jumpstart Christmas even more than usual. And I totally get it - the challenges of this year cause me to yearn for the delights of the holiday season. I want to forget the...

Counting Up To Christmas: The Gift of Our True Father

With the holiday season approaching, I thought I’d ask you a question: How are you doing? I mean, really, how are you doing? If I’m being honest to my core, I’m struggling emotionally. I’m tired of staying away from large gatherings and with Christmas on its way, I’m...

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: An Inspirational History Blog Post

Did you know this year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of women’s ability to vote?! The year 1920 floated around in my thoughts as I pondered my next blog post. The meaning of that year finally came into focus. Since research delights my nerdy heart, I...

Hope After The Election: A Guest Post

“We are obliged to pray for our leaders, whether or not we voted for them. We pray we’ll be able to lead peaceful lives, continue to worship, and freely share the gospel.”

Election Hope: A Prayer

Transforming Prayer

“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” John 14:27, NLT Are you super duper extra excited for this year’s election season? Perhaps you are rolling your eyes. Or,...

Five Pandemic Pivot Points

Emotion. Overload. Do these two words resonate with you? When I imagined six-months into the season of Coronavirus, I thought we’d be done by now. I assumed summer heat combined with a miraculous medication would be our wonder twin heroes, the nemesis of COVID, and...

Hope in the Midst of Corona

On a balmy Christmas-in-July evening eleven years ago, standing next to my dashing new husband, a little girl named Savannah went through my wedding reception line. Little did I know, I experienced my first glimpse of a joy to come. This sweetie’s daddy would marry my...

Want To Join Me? An Invitation to a 30-Day Covenant of Silence

If we are social media friends, perhaps you saw yesterday's invitation to a 30-day commitment to taking a Covenant of Silence. I didn't explain it well. AT. ALL. So here is a fresh attempt to improve the invite. If you’re anything like me, disrupted time with the Lord...

Yom Kippur: The Story of An Un-Accidental Cleansing on this Holy Day

I woke up this morning not feeling well. Thankfully, with my hubby gone for the day, the kids were all shepherded out the door by my dad who sweetly took them to their respective schools: ON TIME. Yay! We’ve yet again narrowly scraped by and no one will have any tardy...

This is Peacock Sojourning: A Tale of Grief to Joy

Well friends, I have another peacock sojourn to share… I mean, I’m not surprised because this is how life goes, but this plucking was a bit of a jolt. Summer still has about a month to go but it feels VERY full. We’ve gone fun places, had early mornings of quiet...

This is Peacock Sojourning: Joy in the Freedom of Jesus

It is a very sweet day when your sister comes to you and says, "I think I need to write about this..." When Jesus brings stories of plucking and beauty-bound growth my way, I'll be sharing them with you. So, please welcome my sister, Danae Weber. It is an awesome...

Making Ashes Beautiful: An Art Project for Easter

Want some freedom this Easter? Check out what we did as a family on Good Friday…

Our First Purim Party: Why our family loves to celebrate Jewish Holidays.

Have you ever had the thought, “Hmm, I should definitely have a Purim Party this year.” If your answer is yes, then good on you friend! Your world is better for it. But perhaps your answer is no? Well, me too, until this year anyway. I am so excited to tell you about...

Space and Snowmageddon: Lessons of 2019 thus far

Each year, as Christmas passes and the New Year is looming, I pray for my ‘Word’ of the year. With great resolutionary excitement, I begin January with revved-up motivation to accomplish something great. But this year I faltered a bit. As I started to pray I...

Jenni Swift Dove: Reflections from Israel

Upon the tail feathers of the bolstering of my faith and a leap onto a plane to the most amazing country in the Middle East, the birds of Israel were the next in line to capture my heart. So much so that my new Israeli name is Jenni Swift Dove. The swifts took center...

Boxing Day Thoughts on Homelessness

Well friends, how was your Christmas?? We started the festivities with a family party and visit from Santa Corky on Christmas Eve Eve - and since then gifts have been exchanged, copious amounts of food have been prepared and eaten, and I’m just exhausted. So...

Feathers of Protection: Reflections from Israel

I’m going to let you in on a little tidbit about myself. I’m OBSESSED with the Holy Land. I would jump on a plane at any moment that God would open the door to go. I’ve had some particularly unique experiences in Israel and will be writing about these things over...

Two Tapestries

Place and Product Reviews

My cousin and I discovered in the last month that we literally bought the same thing at different estate sales over the summer. Which is not completely unusual - we often go to estate sales or antique stores together and fall in love with the same things. ...

A Date to the Museum of the Bible

The joy of a nice, long date…… I just got to experience that and let me tell you, it was wonderful. When my husband and I were dating (10 years ago already - what??!), we received some very sage counsel. To have a shorter date twice a month, a longer date...

Our Ancestry DNA Miracle

So……. There are a bunch of completely AMAZING ‘I found a parent/brother/sister/family’ stories out there resulting from DNA testing. I have watched these stories play out in the midst of people that I know and pictures and stories splay across my social media feed. A...

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