Category Archives: Holidays

How to Have a Peaceful Holiday Season This Year

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Heart of the Matter

Each year as the holiday season approaches, many of us feel a slow, unsettling rise in our stress level. Frantic shopping and decorating fill our days. Holiday programs and parties dot our calendar. We feel overwhelmed and that anxiety ultimately … Continue reading →

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10 Suggestions for Spiritually Focused New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Heart of the Matter

Well, it’s the new year and time for resolutions. Bummer. You see, I have a very bad record of keeping resolutions. I’ve tried to eat better, exercise more, and generally be more disciplined, only to fall off the wagon within … Continue reading →

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Enjoying Christmas When the Kids are Grown

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Heart of the Matter

  Christmas is a little different these days. No struggle to get the kids to bed so we can assemble toys and fill stockings. No busy schedule full of concerts, recitals and school programs. Our kids are grown with families … Continue reading →

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Because He is Risen!

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Heart of the Matter

  “But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did … Continue reading →

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Wounded for My Transgressions

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Heart of the Matter

  “When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ Then they … Continue reading →

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