Tag Archives: acts of kindness

Homeschoolers Helping Homeschoolers

Christmas. Love.  Joy.  Hope. The heart of Christmas is giving.  It beats in a rhythm that begs to be heard.  The call for compassion, to prepare an offering for the hurting, is answered by hearts who desire to fill the cracks of the broken. Despair.  Sadness.  Exhaustion. The brokenhearted are blinded by despair.  It comes with the territory when traveling through difficult trials.  They cannot see the shining star on the top of the tree and wander lost. Sugar plums no longer dance in their dreams for nightmares do not share a stage.  A family hurts. Hands hold an exhausted … Continue reading →

How’s Your Attitude?

These days we here a lot about how a positive attitude can affect events. No where is this more true than in marriage. It seems it doesn’t matter whether it is a footy team talking about their need for self belief that they can still make the finals despite some bad results, or people who are trying to overcome a serious illness and believe a positive attitude can help them win through. The reality is when we enter into marriage we need to go into it with the right attitude. We need to have an attitude that we are committed … Continue reading →

Marriage & The Ark

So yesterday morning, my daughter and I went to see Evan Almighty. This is a follow-up to 2003’s Bruce Almighty. My husband and I really enjoyed the Jim Carrey film that featured Morgan Freeman in the role of ‘God’. God was answering Bruce’s prayers about being able to do things better than God. The movie was populated with painful moments, bittersweet moments and wonderful moments. You may or may not remember Evan Baxter (Steve Carrell) from the first film – he’s the somewhat mean, albeit tortured newscaster that Bruce embarrasses terribly by making him do odd things with his mouth … Continue reading →