While there is breathe, there is hope. Beside being a trying year, this can be a difficult time of year for many. May I come along beside you and whisper hope into your heart? I get to share a favorite poem by HW Longfellow, ‘Christmas Bells.’ And a message of hope from O.U.R. can be found on my blog. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/25/there-is-always-hope/

The poem, ‘A Thousand to One’ by Breton Braley to encourage you to finish this year strong. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/which-is-your-clan/

How well do you receive blessings? Do you deflect compliments? This episode is all about receiving well. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/18/advent/

Join me on my third installment of living practical, simple, daily Advent. This week we consider the gift of time. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/11/daily-advent/

I love to get a letter in the mail! If you do too, this is my letter to you. Download the November Snail Mail at my blog. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/07/november-snail-mail-2/

Last week we practiced being heralds of good words. This week, we continue growing living out Advent with another simple, daily action. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/04/simply-daily-advent/

This is part 1 of the Making Advent Simple series. I have been searching for a way to make advent a simple, daily practice that will cultivate new habits of thoughtfulness and encouragement for myself that will spread like a light to all around me. If you are looking for some simple but powerful ways you can brighten your corner of the world, I hope you’ll join me. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/27/practically-simply-daily-advent/

As we break bread together let us do so with thanksgiving and joy. Hear the hymn selected on my blog. Share you favorite Thanksgiving traditions. Hear about the advent “challenge“ in this episode. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/21/the-call-to-thankful-people/

Our influence ripples out from us, touching the lives of everyone we have contact with us. Shine the light of hope by cultivating a heart of gratitude. This episode is also available as a blog post where you can hear a selection of the hymn of the week, “God of Our Father’s”: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/14/grateful-to-affect-my-small-sphere/

Today we go back in time to ‘There is Blessing’ first published August 28, 2015. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/why-there-is-blessing/