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Month: December 2013

Month: December 2013

Feelin' festive:: book giveaway

Goodreads Book Giveaway A Story Unfinished by Matt Mooney Giveaway ends January 15, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win I’ve teamed up with my publisher to give away 25 books for the new year. Sign up and if the computer says you win, then we’ll ship you a book- for free!  Maybe you or someone you know could use an encouraging but raw read as they head into 2014.  I wrote our story down for my kids & for others who know hurt- that in some way they would be encouraged by a simple story of…

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the stench of Christmas

There are plenty of things that I do not like about Christmas. I know this must come as a surprise to many of you and some of you may be aghast at the news- as though I dropped a Yule log in my britches. I am, after all, one of the Jesus believin’ good guys, and just the thought that I could find fault with the holy merriment sends you reeling- headed back to find more headlines about gay ducks or women bishops or whatever the latest, greatest current hot-topic of the Christian blogosphere might happen to be (can we…

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our toddler Christmas wish list:: a letter to the grandparents

Christmas is a time for tradition, so below is the letter to grandparents from last year… After much cussing and discussion on Christmas’ nearness, Gin and I spent some time hashing out how we were going to do Christmas different.  Everyone I know wants Christmas to be more meaningful and less hijacked.  Turning that desire into action has been another thing altogether.  In order to align our thoughts and our own families, we wrote a letter to both of our parents.  Now you gotta know some things before the following letter will make sense to you.  Gin and I both…

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Feelin' festive:: book giveaway

By Matt Mooney | December 26, 2013

Goodreads Book Giveaway A Story Unfinished by Matt Mooney Giveaway ends January 15, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win I’ve teamed up with my publisher to give away 25 books for the new year. Sign up and if the computer says you win, then we’ll ship you a book- for free!…

the stench of Christmas

By Matt Mooney | December 22, 2013

There are plenty of things that I do not like about Christmas. I know this must come as a surprise to many of you and some of you may be aghast at the news- as though I dropped a Yule log in my britches. I am, after all, one of the Jesus believin’ good guys,…

our toddler Christmas wish list:: a letter to the grandparents

By Matt Mooney | December 11, 2013

Christmas is a time for tradition, so below is the letter to grandparents from last year… After much cussing and discussion on Christmas’ nearness, Gin and I spent some time hashing out how we were going to do Christmas different.  Everyone I know wants Christmas to be more meaningful and less hijacked.  Turning that desire…