By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain In Everything give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thes. 5:18 I know. Thanksgiving passed. Now the final, crazy, stressful days leading to Christmas arrived. Who has room for thankfulness when the seasonal insanity is full throttle? For that matter, those of us who …[ read more ]

By: Carol McClain        carol_mcclain My friend bought a vacation home on a beautiful lake. For years she’d marvel about her good fortune. Then time passed. It became a small, unremarkable house on a cul-de-sac of million dollar homes. She lost the wonder. This year, though, she sat on her dock. Fireworks exploded down the cove. The …[ read more ]

By Carol McClain: @   carol   _mcclain   We were going to eat healthy so I bought fresh spinach for smoothies, cooked Brussels sprouts for our veggies, and one night I baked a veggie frittata.  Not wanting to waste leftovers, and being environmentally conscious, I placed leftovers in reusable containers and returned them to the fridge. This …[ read more ]

If, as Songs of Solomon says, it’s the little foxes that spoil the grapes (2:15) , then it’s the little perks that create a wonderful life. Family and friends are counting down the days to Thanksgiving –thanking God for truly important and wonderful things. But as my family recovers from Sandy, as they pine for the …[ read more ]