Gloria took the week after Thanksgiving off from writing the column, but she will be back next week. As her editor and a writer myself, I can attest to the rigors of writing a weekly column. She and I ...

Lovina Eicher shares her favorite Christmas cookie recipe, a delicious and easy-to-make sour cream cutout cookie. In addition to the sour cream cutout cookies, Eicher shares various recipes for ...

It's Christmas in Lancaster and time for everyone to call a truce and set aside their differences for the holiday. Merlin introduces us to a new friend as he takes it upon himself to educate everyone ...

The author shares how her family celebrates Christmas in their Amish community in Southern Illinois. The author's mother makes Christmas special with caroling, gifts, and gatherings. The author's ...

This week I’ll share recipes I like making around Christmastime. Daughter Elizabeth brought a batch of this dough on Wednesday. It is a delicious cutout cookie that works really great. The children ...

"All our grandchildren love their Aunt Verena. I think they think she's much more fun and cooler than Grandma." ...

Yesterday after church services we had our annual Christmas potluck dinner. As always there was way too much food — casseroles, ham and cheese sandwiches, salads, vegetables, dip, puddings, cakes, ...

Christmas moments are here. Well, the holiday may not be here yet, but already we are enjoying tokens of love from those around us—cards in the mail, updates from friends from across the board, and ...

Christmas 2025 will be here in a few days already! This year our family will gather on Christmas Day. What a joy it is to me when we can be with our loved ones. Let us remember the reason for the ...

Kylie’s birthday cupcake is pictured. It is a nice sunny January morning with the temperature at 30 degrees. My husband Joe, son Benjamin, and son-in-law Daniel Ray all left for work early this ...