Only the Good Stuff: Multivitamins for Your Weekend [11.28.15]

Happy, happy, happy weekend!

Some real, down in the bones JOY to celebrate today! Links & stories this week 100% guaranteed to make you smile a mile wide & believe like crazy in a Good God redeeming everything — and that there’s love everywhere & for ((you))!  Serving up only the Good Stuff for you right here:

Eastlyn Bright 
Eastlyn Bright 
Eastlyn Bright

quiet walk 

uh… a cat that you may really not want to adopt? could. not. stop. laughing. 

uhhhh…. who knew a cucumber did this to cats?

go ahead — meet Mischief

Emily Gibson

only if you need a soul exhale

so turns out Grandpa wasn’t ready of the — surprise!

never, ever, ever  give up — because you just never know when the impossible will happen

up

Seb Janiak – The Kingdom, above, 2009 Chromogenic print Format large 178 x 300 cm (70,1 x 118 in)

or further up (for real)

one woman. buys entire toy store. and then does this 

got the tree up yet? so — how ’bout a tree like this — redefining living Christmas trees everywhere

Facebook Politie Eindhoven

you know — when the police stop by to wash the dishes for you  Because, yeah, totally normal (not)

seriously. did you know this can happen on public transit? 

so how about — free haircuts….  yeah, for life

Guinness Book of World Records

…so did you know? Russia’s Angela Vorobeva recently became the oldest female to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at the age of 86 years. In her lifetime, Angela witnessed and survived of the notorious siege of Leningrad in 1944, during World War II. Though she lived a life of hardships and challenges, she never gave up on pursuing her childhood dreams of visiting the remotest parts of the world, insisting that age is not a barrier. On October 29, 2015 she conquered Africa’s highest mountain – the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

you go, sister! Never give up — we can do hard & holy things

double dog dare you not to laugh along!?

don’t think for a New York Second that we’ve run out heroes. MIND-BLOWN RIGHT HERE

dear world: more of this kind of kind, please

when Gabe Lyons convenes us around a historical moment, you can’t help but really listen and walk away deeply changed. I’m telling you, this here? Changes the current conversation around The Church and the Refugee

See?!?!   Never, ever, ever give up. That impossible thing? It’s possible

  Jesse Tree Ornament Sets:  30% off this weekend through Monday!

using the promo code 30FRIDAY15  at checkout and it will be good through Monday, Nov 30!

Christmas at the Farm

…yeah, so only one more quiet day now & it’s Advent. This is the year to not miss it — to not miss Him.

Come to the farm on Monday, the 30th? 2pm EST? We’re bringing No-Stress Holidays to You! Think of it as an early little holiday treat for you? After you laugh it up with us on the farm, you’ll be set for a NO-STRESS holiday, a Sane & Sacred Christmas, & the relief that you aren’t alone & there’s a whole bunch of who are just ‪#‎KeepingItReal‬ & keeping it simple & sacred & sane…

This year: The Christmas we always dreamed of — The Greatest Christmas this year!

Advent starts tomorrow: “How to Prepare for an Easy Advent:

When the First Snow Falls Quiet on the Trees — & Your Family Tree Feels Like A Mess”

…. you absolutely have to hear this 

so — I did this for you! I read the whole thing for you & your family : 

The NYTimes bestseller: Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas

Every night of December? You rest. Pop in the CD — & I’ll read that night’s devotion to the kids!

because this year?  We are giving the Perfect Christmas Gift of Meaning

— giving the family the Gift of the Gospel

It’s Tonight! Night Before Advent Party
This is the year to not Miss Him —
& give the whole family the utterly Perfect Gift:  The Gift of Meaning  
The Gift of the Gospel —   could there be a better gift? 
 The Whole FREE “Night Before Advent” Kit is right here for you!

sometimes? even the sea is making music… have you seen this Sea Organ?

beautifully priceless

you know those original, heirloom Advent wreaths, the ones with 24 holes, to count down each day till Christmas?

 enter the Giveaway of 10 of those Advent wreaths right here — because the perfect gift?

Is the gift of Meaning!

one five star, amazing teacher — shows her students this

okay, this may be one of the best of the Lewis Christmas clips ever.

Don’t leave the internet today without this one. Because you know what? You belong.

We all belong to each other — and you are seen and known and loved. It’s going to be a beautiful holiday — because we’re all holding on to each other.

… right now, before it all gets moving too fast?

How to Have the Best Christmas —

the kind of Christmas you’ve always hoped for …

A Christmas Hallelujah

….so, yeah, see what just happened here?

We just passed through the gateway that is Thanksgiving

& into the holidays & makes sense — that the gate into the holidays [holy-days]
would be Thanksgiving… Because the deal is? When the holidays get hard — just take a deep breath & remember how you always get into the holidays & JOY — through that gateway: Thanksgiving.

Hold on through the holidays: JOY IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE — because there is always, always something to be THANKFUL FOR!

“Enter into His presence through the gate of THANKSGIVING — & in His presence is fullness of JOY” Ps.100:4, Ps16:11

[ print’s free for you here ]

That’s all for this weekend, friends.

Go slow. Be God-struck. Grant grace. Live Truth.

Give Thanks. Love well. Re – joy, re- joy, ‘re- joys’ again

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