Rachel Starr Thomson is a homeschool graduate and the author of "Heart to Heart: Meeting With God in the Lord's Prayer," available from Little Dozen Press at publisher@littledozen.com. She lives in southern Ontario where she reads, studies, writes, worships, and drinks tea.

It's December. Sweet month of mistletoe, holly, and ivy: there are carols in the air, bells on the street corners, reindeer on the roof. Madison Avenue has kicked into high gear. Hollywood is busy mak...

Being on the brink of tears makes me think of something my friend and I read together a few nights ago: the story in Luke 7 of the sinful woman who dared approach Jesus in the house of a Pharisee. Wha...

After an explosive dinner with a Pharisee, Jesus warned His disciples against the snare of hypocrisy. The warning is pertinent to us today. Anyone who chooses to live a "different" life is vulnerable ...