by Janet Denison | Feb 13, 2024 | Blog
Today is a fun day for many and a not-so-fun day for others. I still remember the pressure of hoping my carefully decorated shoebox would contain some valentines from my classmates! In my day, it wasn’t a requirement to give everyone in the class a valentine. A few...
by Janet Denison | Feb 9, 2022 | Blog
I was curious about the amount of money Americans spend on Valentine’s Day. It’s surprising! According to WalletHub, Americans will spend almost $24 billion this year. How much is one billion? I like this measurement: The average human heart will have clocked one...
by Janet Denison | Dec 22, 2021 | Blog
The shepherds “went with haste” (Luke 2:16) to look for the baby, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. I took some time this week to join them. I thought about what it would have been like to look for Jesus, the baby an angel had told them about. So,...
by Janet Denison | May 6, 2020 | Blog
What are you doing for Mother’s Day this year? We sure can’t crowd the restaurants this Sunday, so I have a bread recipe that might come in handy. Unfortunately, a new batch has to be prepared each day, but it is worth the effort. You only have to “taste and...
by Janet Denison | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog
I’ve often wondered what the week after Easter was like for the first disciples. His resurrection changed everything—and still could. Easter 2020 I told my husband, Jim, “This will be the only Easter of my life that I hear an Easter sermon and then go back...