Posted in Faith, Hymns, Scripture, tagged Advent, Hymns, Jesus Christ on November 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Savior of the Nations, Come
Savior of the nations, come;
Virgin’s Son, here make Thy home!
Marvel now, O heaven and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
Not by human flesh and blood;
By the Spirit of our God
Was the Word of God made flesh,
Woman’s offspring, pure and fresh.
Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child
Of the virgin undefiled!
Though by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today we got the tree up. It was fun reminiscing over the ornaments we’ve collected over the years. We add a few each year for sentimental reasons. Here are a few of my favorites.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Thanksgiving Day on November 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This little pilgrim has it right. A blessed thanksgiving to all the Hope Blog readers!
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Faith, tagged Frances Ridley Havergal on November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In my previous post, I wrote about the importance of talking about Jesus. But our lives our more than talk. It’s how we live that matters. Meet a little girl who understood that. Over at the Havergal blog, you can see how one child who only lived for ten years had a big impact on [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Faith, Worship, tagged Jesus Christ, Love on November 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
When you love somebody or something, the people around you know it, because you can’t help but talk about the subject. I love my husband Tom, and I never get tired of talking about the amazing man I married. I love my children and enjoy talking about what they’re up to with anyone who will [...]
Posted in Music, tagged Casavant pipe organ, Great Music, pipe organ on November 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
William tries out the Casavant organ at St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin this afternoon. Organist Lynn Koslowski held a lunch hour recital that showed both the power and the beauty of the king of instruments. She played Festival Toccata, Aria on “My Hope is Built on Nothing Less”, Gigue Figue by Bach’s [...]
Posted in Christian Living on November 20, 2008 | 14 Comments »
From the time girls are very young, they figure out that they are judged by their appearance. By the time grade school rolls around, it becomes very apparent which girls are the Queen Bees and which ones are the Wannabes, and it nearly always is determined by looks.
Very little changes in adulthood, and in our [...]
Posted in Family, Music, tagged Maynard Ferguson on November 17, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Tom gets attached to relics from his past and is loathe to give them up—things like a flannel shirt he bought back in 1984 (the year I graduated from high school.) He still wears it when he does the yard. I tried to throw it out once, but he pulled the paper thin, fraying item [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Family, tagged Christmas stress on November 14, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Today I received this interview pitch from a PR agency:
The holiday season for millions of Americans is a time of fun, excitement, and giving. For others, it is a time of anxiety, social pressure, and unrealistic expectations exacerbated by the frenzy of commercials with which children and adults are bombarded. Even more, with the ongoing [...]
