by Meadow Rue Merrill | Nov 26, 2016 | Faith Notes |
The first Christmas toy catalog arrived in my mailbox one week before Halloween. Ugh, I thought. Really? I glanced through its glossy pages not to jumpstart my holiday shopping but to confirm precisely what it is I am working to avoid. Excess spending. Excess waste. Excess stress. Each year I strive to be intentional about how our family celebrates Christmas. Often my plans go awry and I go on a last-minute spending blitz, worried that my husband and I haven’t done enough.
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Nov 24, 2014 | Book Reviews, Faith Notes |
One of my favorite Christmas memories from childhood was of eagerly waking each day in December to pull apart the tiny perforated doors on the paper Advent calendar my mom hung in the kitchen of our cozy Oregon ranch. Even though Mom carefully re-used the same... ![WHEN GOD SHOWS UP FOR CHRISTMAS]()
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Dec 3, 2012 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations |
“I think we’ll have a good Christmas,” said Cindy Hill of winning half of a record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot last week. Although I definitely understand her enthusiasm, my reaction was, How sad. Does it really require a lump payout of nearly... 
