by Jeanne Takenaka | Dec 20, 2021 | Christmas, Humility, Trusting God
By Jeanne Takenaka Have you ever considered how Mary had a heart that honors God? Merry Christmas week, my friends. This week’s blog post will be brief. I know, for those even posting blogs this week, we all have things we are preparing to celebrate...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Dec 6, 2021 | Christmas, Tell His Story, Time
Jeanne Takenaka How do we thrive through the holidays when our world encourages us to live stressed? Being versus doing, especially in a season as busy as the pre-Christmas weeks, can leave us depleted. We know we should spend time simply being with Jesus, but...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Nov 29, 2021 | Christmas, Doing or Being, Perspective, Tell His Story
Jeanne Takenaka And . . . we’re off and running into the chaos of Christmas, where we’re challenged to find the balance between doing or being fully in the season. Thanksgiving is a part of 2021’s history. Christmas Day looms less than a month away. Where has the year...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Dec 14, 2020 | Christmas, God's Love, Tell His Story, Trials
@JeanneTakenaka Emmanuel. God is with us. I have heard this name of Jesus for most of my life. And I’ve taken its meaning for granted.God. With. Us. Have you ever stopped—really stopped—to consider these three little words? Nine letters that speak such hope. We walk...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Dec 10, 2018 | Christmas, Faith
@JeanneTakenaka +Jeanne Takenaka “I must decrease that He may increase.” ~John 3:30 Isn’t this the whole idea of Christmas? Making Jesus known? The angels worshiped and declared the Savior had been born. The shepherds worshiped and declared Jesus’s birth....
by Jeanne Takenaka | Nov 27, 2017 | Christmas, Priorities
+Jeanne Takenaka @JeanneTakenaka “Peace on Earth. Good will to men.” How many of us crave peace? ’Tis the season when we hear about it. We sing about peace. We talk about the Prince of Peace who came from heaven to earth on our behalf. Yet, in a season when this...
