: Life is hard. God is good. We need each other.
Some of these Christmas songs will make you cringe, some will make you laugh, others will be a welcome addition to your listening repertoire. Enjoy!
These aren’t the Christmas songs they’re playing on the radio.
They’re not the songs you’ll hear at the mall.
I can pretty much guarantee that one listen to some of these will be enough. I do hope, however, that among the others you may discover something new to add to your listening repertoire.
We put our Christmas decorations out this weekend. I really treasure the memories that I get to unpack and remember each year at this time.
“That was our first nativity set. We got it at that little store I worked at when we first got married.”
“My best friend from high school made me that snowman.”
“We got these Christmas plates on our first trip to Disney World.”
It’s an annual trip down memory lane and I love it.
I love gathering information, learning, and sharing my treasures with others who may benefit. That’s why I started The Sparrow’s Home. And while I really do enjoy sharing things I’m finding…sometimes it’s nice to take a step back and touch base in a more personal way. I mean, after all…what do you really know about me? (insert sinister laugh–Bwahahaha)
I try to insert tidbits from my life into my posts. But I thought today I’d take a break from my regular posting to tell you what’s been filling my life lately, and a little bit about what’s happening at The Sparrow’s Home.
I have said for years that 99% of problems could be avoided or solved quickly with better communication. That very scientific assessment is reinforced to me when I see the breakdown of society in being able to disagree civilly.
I am always on the lookout for resources that can teach, encourage, or help create better communication skills.
And please don’t read that and think that I’m putting myself on some kind of communication-skills-high-horse. I happen to come from a long line of abrasive women. (I’m pretty sure it was women like us that caused the early church to forbid women from speaking in church.) Speaking respectfully and kindly is something that I have worked on, with many failures, over the years. My gracious husband has been my biggest help in this endeavor.
I’m writing this before the election has taken place, so don’t read too much in to this applying to any particular candidate/President elect.
Throughout every election season, we hear a lot of Christians saying, “God is in control”. It’s true. Absolutely. He is in control.
But I think that this phrase gets mis-used (or mis-interpreted) to mean that whoever wins the election has God’s favor somehow…that they are a godly person… God is on their side.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Is it a result of the Self-Esteem movement? Reality TV? Child focused parenting? Or just the general breakdown of society? I don’t have an answer.
Why does it seem increasingly common to encounter people who are unable to deal with disagreement?