by Martha Brady | Dec 21, 2019 | CHANGE, HOPE, RELATIONSHIPS
Everyone has a different philosophy on gifts. I’m not here to bring about a change on your paradigm in that department. The only thing regarding gifts I will say is to create an environment where your children aren’t the total focus of the gifts. Helping...
by Martha Brady | Dec 19, 2019 | CHANGE, HOPE, RELATIONSHIPS
Photo by Arron Choi on Unsplash Scurrying, hurrying, rushing, crushing, Stressed and harassed. Where is the joy in the coming of Christ? Our to-do lists are massive. The gifts are being given. Are they given from the heart? Or to impress? We overspend our dollars,...
by Martha Brady | Dec 5, 2018 | AGING, CHANGE, GOSPEL OF GRACE, HOPE, RELATIONSHIPS
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash As I have thought about family and holidays, I have realized that so often, our special family times during the holidays fall short of what we hoped for and expected. We tend to have a picture in our mind of how things will go. The...
by Martha Brady | Dec 3, 2018 | AGING, BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, HOPE, RELATIONSHIPS
Photo by Ben Konfrst on Unsplash Remember that you are an adult now. There is a simple reminder tucked away in I Corinthians 13 (the love chapter). When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave...
by Martha Brady | Nov 28, 2018 | CHANGE, GOSPEL OF GRACE, HOPE, RELATIONSHIPS
As we think more about preparing for being together as a family, or with difficult people at the holidays, here are some helpful tips. I don’t feel like an expert at all. Some have worked better than others at different times. For me, the key tends to relate...
