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December 29, 2024: Growing A Picture Perfect Family

There are so many ways to photograph our families- and we like to capture the good sides of our families! What if we are struggling with the bad sides- or…
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December 25, 2024: The Nativity of the Lord
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December 25, 2024: The Nativity of the Lord

Ebenezer Scrooge was a difficult man, to say the least. He seemed only to care about profits over persons, and in all reality, he couldn’t care less about his neighbor,…
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December 25, 2025: A Scrutiny of Ebenezer Scrooge

Would A Christmas Carol have been the same even without Christmas? What does it teach us to do in our own celebrations today, and throughout our lives?
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December 22, 2024: Under the Christmas Tree

What can we expect to get from Jesus as we enter these last few days of advent? What will we find under the tree?
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December 9, 2024: A Spotless Cathedral and Notre Dame

Notre Dame is back in all it's glory! But, perhaps the cathedral is less a reflection of our Lady, and more of a reflection of us, and our need of…
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December 8, 2024: The Second Sunday of Advent
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December 8, 2024: The Second Sunday of Advent

If you’ve ever gone through the steps of putting up a tree, you know it is a fairly lengthy and involved process. You have to dog out that long, skinny…
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December 8, 2024: Clearing a Spot for Christ

The ritual of cleaning the house to prepare for a Christmas tree is all for show if we don't undergo the more important work first: preparing for Christ.
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December 1, 2024: The First Sunday of Advent
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December 1, 2024: The First Sunday of Advent

If a farm has ever seemed like it would be a dull experience, my own time has proven that it is usually anything but boring. Without fail, we were often…
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December 1, 2024: When the Cows Get Out

We have to be vigilant and diligently watching so many different things in life to be effective, cows included. Shouldn't faith be amongst the first of them?
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November 24, 2024: A King and His Subjects

We shouldn't acknowledge Jesus as King and just walk away unchanged- should we? How should we respond?
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