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 If you are looking for something sweet to read this winter, you can't go wrong with either of these two books by Christian authors. Both have lots of great faith moments, depth, and clean romance and are short enough to fit into a busy schedule. Christmas Blessings by Judith McNees This is a sweet clean contemporary romance that I read and recommend. It's a great choice if you are looking for a cozy book to read this winter. Description below: Can two opposites look past appearances to see each other’s hearts? Lauren Blessing has a problem. All the men she dates turn out to be jerks. When the latest in a string of bad relationships ends, she takes a break from dating for a while. After all, she has everything she needs to be happy…right? Parker Johnson has a problem of his own. He can’t seem to shake his feelings for his high school crush. When she winds up suddenly single a week before Christmas, her friends do what they can to get them together. But how can he make her fall

  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 ESV Recently my husband put up a temporary fence for our cows to allow them to eat some of the nice green grass in our yard. I should have prefaced this by saying I'm a city girl and 23 years ago my husband "Green Acre'd" me to rural Tennessee. Then we bought land and it was too much to mow, so our neighbor said, "Get some cows and I'll help you when you need it." So here we are on 17 or so acres with a few cows and donkeys. (the cows in the distance are our neighbors)  Back to the story of the fence. With the field drying out he thought it would be a great idea to give them some extra grass. He set up the fence, got a bucket of feed, and lured them over. For the three in the bottom picture, it took little coaxing. They saw that there was nice green grass on the other side and that their owner/protector approved, so they went. Those cows have been happily eating green grass for the

What better way to put Christ back into Christmas than to give Christ centered gifts! When our first child had his first Christmas we decided to give only 3 gifts as a reminder that Jesus received 3 gifts from the wisemen. Each gift had a category: want, need, and spiritual. As the children have gotten older and are adults, the want and need often overlap.  There have been so many benefits from this. Limiting the gifts has been great at keeping the focus more on Christ. Rather than spending this season figuring out what they want, our children's focus has been freed up for other things. They are actually often at a loss, because gifts for themselves are not their top priority. It has been a benefit for us as parents, not just financially, because we don't have to stress out about getting them the perfect gift.  Another special benefit is getting to search for something to help them in their spiritual walk. Through the years the availability of Christ centered things has grown a

I was able to read this great book before it was released, and if you are looking for a fairly quick holiday romance read that is fun but has substance, then this is your book! Check out my review. The Hart of Christmas is a cozy, sweet & clean romance/comedy that draws you in from page 1 and has enough depth to leave you feeling satisfied. I don’t know much about hockey and that didn’t hold my enjoyment back one bit.  🎄  Millie Jane and her ex-crush/enemy, Dex, get snowed in together just before Christmas. Their past has created a wedge between them that Dex is determined to bridge. This book has all the Christmas feels with homemade Christmas decorations, hot chocolate by the fire, old Christmas cartoons, and hymns. It also includes a touching arc of forgiveness and healing.  🎄 Latisha Sexton does a great job weaving in Dex and Millie Jane’s backstory and bringing it all together at just the right moment for a fuller understanding of how they ended up in this place both lit