December 24, 2017April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, a piece of my mind, Advent, The Charis Project What Christmas Songs Tell Us About Hate It’s all around us this time of year, if we listen. Subversive, revolutionary ideas about how the world ought to be fill […] Read more
November 15, 2013April 10, 20237 quick takes, A Non Commercial Christmas, birth, Celebrating Together, Home schooling, learning how to not be afraid, The Charis Project 7 Quick Takes – So much to say Little bits from around the web that I thought worth sharing. I wanted to include pictures but my internet out here in […] Read more
December 18, 2011April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, life with short people Of the Father’s Love Begotten After a super fun day of preparing for and hosting the girl’s double, we were both born the week before Christmas, birthday […] Read more
December 8, 2011April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, so do something about it, we like adventures The $2 day challenge “We’re going to eat for only $2 each for the whole day tomorrow!” I announce. “Do you think we can do that?” […] Read more
December 7, 2011April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, I want to remember, life with short people, the church year for children St. Nicholas Day – How our family deals with Santa Claus If you’ve been reading here a long time you would know that we try to avoid the standard commercialism of the Christmas […] Read more
September 22, 2011April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, family, The Charis Project, The I'm not perfect club, the parenting files Maybe I AM a Hypocrite He makes me wonder these days if I’m a hypocrite. We’re standing there in the dining room, his face flushed and his […] Read more
December 16, 2010April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, so do something about it The Labor of Advent We sit and sort through tiny beads, searching for the right ones. Stringing letters one by one we name the nameless, the […] Read more
December 16, 2009April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, so do something about it Give some joy this Christmas-*updated* Wow, you guys rock. 5 more bunks beds donated and 5 more for clothes and shoes as well! That means we’ve only […] Read more
December 23, 2008April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together Non Commercial Christmas- A few more thoughts So I know for some people with children the hardest part about the whole idea of not exchanging Christmas gifts with each […] Read more
December 15, 2008April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together Ideas for a Non Commercial Christmas #2-What about the family? Last week a reader asked, What about your family though (not your husband’s)? How has this way of Christmas affected their traditions […] Read more