Welcome to day seven of our Christmas Countdown! Today’s Random Act of Kindness: Wear a Santa hat and pick up litter in your neighborhood or shovel someone’s driveway/sidewalk! If you’d like all the random acts of kindness in one list, email me and I’ll send you a copy. Today’s Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 18 These are the facts concerning the birth of …
Christmas Countdown Day 6
Welcome to Day 6 of our Christmas Countdown! Today’s Random Act of Kindness: Make a Christmas card for a shut-in and deliver it in person. This act of kindness is heart-wrenching for me. The person I was going to do this for passed away yesterday morning. Her funeral is Thursday. Please don’t put off visiting a widow or widower, someone …
Christmas Countdown Day 5
Welcome to day five of our Christmas Countdown! Today’s Random Act of Kindness Donate canned goods to a charity of family in need. If you’d like all the random acts of kindness in one list, email me and I’ll send you a copy. Today’s Scripture: Luke 1:38: 38 Mary said, “I am the Lord’s servant, and I am willing to do …
Christmas Countdown Day 4
Welcome to day four of the Christmas Countdown 2016! Today’s Random Act of Kindness: Pray for two people you haven’t prayed for in a long time or better yet, pray for your enemies. I find the best cure for unforgiveness is to pray for those who have hurt me. It’s not easy. But it’s not only how we are to …
Christmas Countdown Day 3
Welcome to day three of the countdown to Christmas! Today’s Random Act of Kindness: Make cookies for a neighbor or enemy and deliver them in person. If you’re like me, and have little time to actually make cookies, don’t let that stop you. Order up some homemade-style cookies, slap a bow on them and deliver them. Keep it simple. Don’t …
Christmas Countdown Day 2
As I said in Day 1’s post, I caught myself being a bit of a grump about Christmas so decided to do something about it. Enter my Random Act of Kindness coundown. Here’s day 2: Help Clean Someone’s House or Yard If you’d like all the random acts of kindness in one list, email me and I’ll send you a …
Day 1 Countdown to Christmas – The Christmas Jar
I’ve been in a bit of a cranky mood this Christmas for various reasons. And I’ve learned through the years that the best way to get out of a funk is to concentrate on someone else. That’s how I came up with the idea of encouraging my readers to participate in a random act of kindness each day in December …
How to write an award-winning bestselling first novel | Nathan Filer | TEDxYouth@Bath
Since I’m in student teaching purgatory (see my journey at KarlaTeaches.com), I’ve had little time to focus on my writing. But that doesn’t mean I’m not still a writer! All my thoughts eventually end up in my idea pile. I’m constantly observing, gleaning and researching as I go through each day. I stumbled upon this little gem (the following video) …
August’s Brilliant Blog Award Winner
Oops. I goofed. I completely missed the Brilliant Blog Award for August, didn’t I? Chalk it up to being overwhelmed with student teaching. For that I apologize. My oversight in no way reflects how much I love August’s winner: Walking Healed by Shelley Willburn! I love Shelley Wilburn’s blog for so many reasons. Yes, I know, she’s a colleague and …
Sugar-Free, Low-Carb Cheesecake? Yes, please!
I love cheesecake and I love desserts. And probably the best part of being on a low-carb eating plan is this delicious treat! You can make it as fancy as you want, but what I’m sharing with you is a very fast and quick cheesecake recipe for when you’re having an emergency craving that won’t go away. You can add …