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Love is like math
By Hannah Sweet Love is a lot like math. Love, like math is often confusing, and can take hours to figure out one little problem; but...
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Dec 24, 20183 min read
Amazement
By Hannah Sweet I am the sort of person who is constantly and consistently amazed. Whether that stems from my own obliviousness or the...
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Dec 24, 20182 min read
Love Came Down At Christmas
Love. When you think about love you are most likely drawn to romantic love, but there are so many other types of love that are integral...
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Dec 17, 20182 min read
Joyful Receiver
By Hannah Sweet It’s no secret that my husband and I do not live near any of his family, but instead live near mine. At Christmas time...
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Dec 17, 20183 min read
The legend of the Poinsettia
A charming story is told of Pepita, a poor Mexican girl, who had no gift to present the Christ Child at Christmas Eve Services. As Pepita...
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Dec 12, 20181 min read


Count Your Blessings
By Hannah Sweet I love Christmas. I always have. The lights, the music, the decorations, the behavior of everyone in the days leading up...
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Dec 12, 20183 min read
Be an angel
There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God’s angel stood among them...
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Dec 12, 20182 min read


WHy Peanuts Christmas Says it best
By Hannah Sweet With readers in more than 70 countries, numbering in the 300 millions and translating in over a dozen languages it is no...
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Dec 12, 20182 min read
Preparing for Peace
By Hannah Sweet In life we prepare for all sorts of things. We prepare dinner; we prepare our children for school; we prepare ourselves...
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Dec 12, 20184 min read


J-O-Y
By Hannah Sweet Joy. Joseph Marimon said “Joy is the echo of God’s life within us.” I couldn’t have phrased it better. Think about the...
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Dec 12, 20182 min read


Monthly Music Monday
Here in the Hilltop office we love music! If’ you’ve ever been to see us, there is no doubt you were greeted with music. One of our...
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Dec 3, 20181 min read


Hoper of Hopes
By Hannah Sweet On this the first week of Advent we light the first candle. We think on the words of the Old Testament Prophets. We sing...
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Dec 3, 20184 min read


Hope: An Advent Exploration
By Hannah Sweet Hope. It is one little word that can mean so many things to so many people. It’s the thing we cling to that will lift one...
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Nov 28, 20182 min read
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