Category Archives: Special Days (Holidays)

An Example of Maundy Thursday in Action

This is what I wrote on Maundy Thursday last year: “Today is Maundy Thursday – it is the day we remember Christ washing the Disciples feet. I was doing a little research on Maundy Thursday and found this on Wikipedia: The word Maundy is derived through Middle English, and Old French mandé, from the Latin mandatum, the first word of the phrase “Mandatum [...]
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Shiphrah and Puah

We’ve all heard the story of how Moses was saved by his mother who hid him from Pharaoh’s soldier’s and then set him in a basket of reeds along the bank of the Nile, but it recently came to my attention that if it hadn’t been for the courage of two midwives who “feared God” [...]
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Happy Valentine’s Day

“Christ, King of tenderness, Christ, King of tenderness, bind us with a bond that cannot be broken. Bind us with a bond of love that cannot be broken.” Amen. Rejoicing in the journey - Bethany Stedman If you like this post please consider buying me a coffee (Suggested: $3 a coffee)
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

My friend, Tara, posted this New Year Commitment prayer on her blog Story Formed and I thought I would share it with all of you. I found it to be challenging, and honestly there are things on this list that I don’t really feel like committing to, but I want to feel like committing to [...]
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Happy Halloween

  Happy Halloween, everyone! As I sit here with pumpkin roasting in the oven filling my home with a delightfully fall smell, I thought I’d share with you all some photo’s of costumes and Halloweens past. Enjoy!               If you want to know more of my thoughts on Halloween, check out this blog I wrote last week. And here’s [...]
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