Resource Recommendation: (in)courage Devotional Bible

People ask me all the time about Bibles. Usually they ask me what Bible they should get. I know a lot of people have one answer they give to everyone. But when someone asks me, I always have a bunch of questions for them before I can give an answer. […]

Love Well. Live Full. A Plan for 2019

Hi friends! 2018 was not my best year on record. And I think the lack of writing here is evidence of that. I spent a lot of time discouraged and feeling a basically overwhelmed in almost every area of life. We had so many great things happen last year … […]

The Bottom Line about Your Quiet Time

Was one of your resolutions or goals for the new year related to time in the Word? Maybe you decided you were going to read the Bible through this year. Perhaps you determined to get up earlier every day so you’d have more time to spend in prayer and Bible […]

Family Advent Resources

I love Advent! And when Casiday was little, I loved the idea of making each day leading up to Christmas meaningful and fun.  But in a pastor’s home, it can be hard to do anything for 24 days straight through December and she danced in The Nutcracker for several years. […]

My Favorite Advent Devotionals and Books

My favorite resources for preparing myself, taking stock of my soul, during the Advent season: God With Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Christmas — This year will be the sixth year I have used this book as my guide through Advent. My dear friend Kristin sent me a copy after […]

The Advent Invitation

Advent. Advent is an invitation to more than checking days off until Christmas. It’s an invitation to take stock of our souls, to prepare our hearts for celebrating the One who has come and will one day come again. It’s a season of preparation. I need this. Maybe more than […]