by Marissa | Jan 2, 2016 | Faith, Home, Image-Update, Life, MakingHome, Parenting, Uncategorised
I admit, by the time mid December finished the steamroll that began flattening me in November, I was ready to find a cave and hibernate until Spring. But I didn’t. I love traditions and I love all the festivity around Christmas but this year many things were...
by Marissa | Oct 29, 2014 | DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
We’ve had a lot going on lately and my head often feels like it’s spinning with the renovations that are on a deadline, homeschooling, animals, yard work and house work. Plus I often like to think that I can do more than I already can’t get done so I...
by Marissa | Dec 21, 2013 | Advent, DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, Image-Update, Uncategorised
This morning, I walked through snow up to my knees to gather the greens for Christmas decorating. I could hear the laughs and calls of my three precious girls playing in the snow with their daddy before he left for work. I found a perfect little tree for the girls to...
by Marissa | Nov 28, 2013 | Advent, DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, GuestPost, Image-Update, Uncategorised
Photo Credit: Dan Froese Photography Several years ago as we were beginning our little family, how we would celebrate Christmas was part of many discussions. We wanted to establish traditions that celebrated the coming of the Messiah and the gift of his birth. At the...
by Marissa | Oct 25, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
We were out collecting acorns to make acorn coffee, which is a whole other story, and the girls were running like little squirrels to fill their baskets. Before too long, Aneliese dropped her basket at the base of the oak tree and began scurrying up the branches. ...
by Marissa | Mar 30, 2013 | DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, Image-Update, Uncategorised
We began the days of Easter by sharing in Seder or Passover. We are not Jewish in our faith or practice but we share the same need for the Messiah, the Lamb. This was our first Seder and so there was a great deal of referring to Messianic Seder within a google search...
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