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Jesus and His Adoption (Adoption Devotional Sample 04)

December 11, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Quote from Dr. Russell Moore, photo from optictopic @flikr

Here is another sample from the adoption devotional I’m working on. This devotional is set up to include six months of weekly devotionals, where each week is centered around a specific theme. The first week is written about adoption in general, to set the stage, if you will, for the rest of the readings. What […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care, + Quick Thoughts · Tagged With: adoption, Christmas, devotional, Jesus, Joseph, nativity

Our Three Gift Christmas Tradition

October 17, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Our three gift Christmas tradition

Each year around this time, a friend or family member asks me to tell her again about our three-gifts-per-child tradition at Christmas. Usually it happens when someone’s kids are old enough to be infected by a nasty case of the gimmies (gimme, gimme, give me more!), which means it’s as good a time as any […]

Filed Under: + Not of This World, + Parenting, Faith & Culture, Family Life · Tagged With: Christmas, three gifts, tradition

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