Christian Life

As you can imagine, the Christmas holiday season is the busiest time for us. There's the commotion of  family, parties, etc, and also the "we got to get these orders shipped asap" commotion ;)I try to find a place for quiet time. I don't know about you, but nothing seems to interrupt me when I'm browsing social media like Instagram, etc. But as soon as I start my devotion "there's all these things I needed to do" @_@. That's why I try to find a change of environment. This is the inspiration for this week's Bible Verse:Matthew 14:23And after he had dismissed...

A Refreshing GreetingLast week my family and I watched The Christmas Carol play. It was a fantastic production of Charles Dickens’ classic. It’s so refreshing to hear the actors say “Merry Christmas” without cringing or sidestepping those words. (We don't get snow in California so even fake snow is Exciting!)   GenericI was recently at a coffee shop and right after I ordered the cashier greeted me “Happy Holidays.” That may be a company policy and their job may depend on following those rules. But it just did not have the same gravitas and effect as saying “Merry Christmas” (especially for...

I love audiobooks! There's No Extra Time (NET) Needed. The Bible lends itself well to this format. It's great to be immersed in the Word. The Word of Promise Audio Bible has the highest production quality I have heard. Professional voices, sound effects, it's a classic.   There's a little hitch, it's hard to find the bible book you are looking for. The audio file divisions are not intuitive. If you want to jump around from say Proverbs to Romans, it won't be easy. So, I finally created a Table of Contents for the 17 audio files for ease of listening....

It's good because my kids are on Spring Break. They have the whole week off and I have the last two days off. Earlier today, we had breakfast at a place where there's also a playground. As my kids are eating pancakes and breakfast burrito, my six year old son read the sign on the playground and asked he asked me about it. I told him that area is only for kids three years old and below so that they won't get hurt by bigger kids. After finishing his last bite, my son went to play... and guess where he...