Category: Seasonal Living
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“Santa was an easy tool to begin to paint a picture of God for our girls”
Read More: “Santa was an easy tool to begin to paint a picture of God for our girls”In the weeks leading up to my first Christmas as a mom, a friend of mine whose daughter was a few years older explained to me that she and her husband had decided not to talk about Santa Claus as a family. “It’s creepy,” she explained, “there’s a guy watching you sleep, deciding if you’re naughty or…
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How a Few Christian Mamas Think About Santa Claus
Read More: How a Few Christian Mamas Think About Santa ClausSo what does your family do about Santa Claus? It’s a question I have often wondered about. For my own family– what we’re going to do about Santa for our kids, but also for other families and how they think about the jolly old guy. So I asked a few of my Christian mama friends…
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Why We Love Using an Advent Wreath in December
Read More: Why We Love Using an Advent Wreath in DecemberWhy does my family love using an Advent wreath in December? Well, let me begin by telling you a story. My son just turned 3. He doesn’t quite understand the concept of the days of the week yet. But every Saturday is our family’s Sabbath, and at each meal of Sabbath we try to light…
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The Christmas Checklist You Need (and will actually like) for 2020
Read More: The Christmas Checklist You Need (and will actually like) for 2020It goes without saying that Christmas is going to be different this year. Living in a global pandemic means much of our Holiday norms just aren’t going to happen in the same way that they always have. And while that feels like such an obvious statement, I know that my type A, stick to all…
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Fun, Easy + Christ-Centered Family Advent Calendar
Read More: Fun, Easy + Christ-Centered Family Advent CalendarTo get the newest Christmas Advent Cards and Calendar for 2026 visit our Etsy Shop here! Use code MFM10 for an extra 10% off! It’s almost December 1st, y’all, and do you know what that means?? Christmas season is upon us! I have been searching for weeks now for an Advent Calendar that paired Scripture with fun family activities, and…
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10 Ways to Live into the Thanksgiving Season
Read More: 10 Ways to Live into the Thanksgiving SeasonIn the spirit of full disclosure, I am officially calling myself out for typically celebrating Halloween and then bumping straight to Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good Thanksgiving meal, but aside from Thanksgiving day, I hadn’t put much thought into how to be fully present and live into this month of gratitude.…
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Christmas Movies You Have to See
Read More: Christmas Movies You Have to SeeOne of the ways that you and your family can live into the Christmas season, is of course, to cozy up and watch a Christmas movie. Many of the movies on this list are Christmas classics, fit for the whole fam and a few of them are best kept for the grownups after the kids…
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Introducing: The Jesus Story Advent Devotional. 25 days of encountering God & making memories with your family
We are so excited to introduce our newest batch of family discipleship cards–The Jesus Story Advent Devotional! Named as such, because these cards will help you teach your family the story of Jesus’ birth and incarnation, in a way that’s easy to understand and engage with for kids. We’ve been offering some version of these…
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A Fall Recipe Round-up For Living into the season
Y’all know I love a good recipe. But what I love even more than a good recipe is a seasonal recipe. The ones that help you lean in to the current season you’re in. Fall is (very-nearly-almost) here and what better way to lean into autumn than with some delicious fall recipes? This round-up is…
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Make These Home-run Dinners For Your Family This Week
I was recently chatting with some friends about home-run dinners that we make for our families. You know, the ones your kids beg for you to make? We all need more of those in our dinner rotation, so I wanted to share my top 5. Each of these recipes are 1) delicious 2) easy to…
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