A Christmas Season Away From Home - Changes into Blessings

There's just something about Christmas that I love. Whether it's the chillier weather or drinking hot cocoa (with marshmallows, of course), Christmas parties with ugly sweaters and cute holiday dresses, watching ridiculously cheesy hallmark Christmas movies as well as all the other "staples," or being able to open that playlist entitled "Christmas music" without getting awkward evil glares from the person in the car across from you at the stoplight (what...that hasn't happened...

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The sun is shining, the grass is green. Huh? It's December?

tree tops glisten and children listen to hear sleighbells in the snow As I'm...oh, I don't know, like too many days behind my Christmas song posting...I figured I'd start back up again with one I guarantee you'll know and love. Now enter the beautiful crooning of Bing Crosby singing: "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas...." What a beautiful and glorious holiday song. It is the most covered/recorded Holiday song. And as Christmas looms closer and closer, we all wish to...

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32 Days of Holiday Harmony

Those of you who know me know I love Christmas. I love everything about it. There's a sense of joy and wonderment, of excitement and glee, of rejoicing and peace. And one of the things I look forward to every year is plugging in my iPod and letting my "A Merry Little Christmas" playlist blast through the speakers. Of the nearly 3,000 songs I own, I'm estimating at least 400 of them are Christmas songs. (I kid you not.) So in the next 32 days before Christmas, I am going to take you all on a journey through my playlist - picking out my top 30 (In...

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3 reasons why Castle is JUST SO GOOD!

It all started one January morning in 2009 as I sat down to enjoy a short break while watching The Bachelor before I had to go back to the Column office. I had ran down during a commercial break and brought up Chinese from the Eagle's Nest, our little "grill" in the basement of our dorm building. I grabbed my chopsticks and started plucking away at the broccolli and beef, hardly paying attention to the TV. Then my roommate glanced at the television and started freaking out. She had seen a favorite actor of hers on a commercial for a new dramedy. I...

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I am deficient! Praise the Lord!

So while taking a small side-break from reading technical words in a product support log, I stumbled upon this video. (If you catch the "radio" portion: you'll find my friend Goose behind the microphone.)First of all - I want to give props to Tenth Ave North for this amazing video of Lifelight! What a great band with a great perspective!Second - there are several things that were said in this video that struck me.I may not be in a band and sing or jam on the guitar or drums in front of thousands of people. But I do perform. As a dancer, especially...

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