Family gatherings, church services and Christmas songs are what make the Yuletide merry, and my country upbringing is deep seated in these simple traditions. Christmas memories have shaped the table that I set each year, the Christmas carols that I enjoy, and the importance of keeping Jesus’s birth ...

We are likely in the crush of the Christmas season. Perhaps things are just as, if not more, busy and hectic than they’ve been all year. We feel pressed into a dizzying pace to address the countless things to be done for work, for our families, and the additional requirement of gifts and activities ...

This morning as I sat at the bar in our kitchen drinking a cup of hot coffee, I pondered on all the things that I needed to do and with not enough time to do them. The weather outside was cold, wet and dreary. I found myself not wanting to get up and do the things I needed to do.Looking for some rea...