New Site, New Holiday Contest, Ancient Purpose…

It’s been a challenging fall in several of life’s big categories at the Colley house. One of those challenging areas of our world this fall has been technology. It gets so easy with time to publish a blog post, run an ad about something new or make a Digging Deep post, when I’ve done it the same way, over and over, for years upon end. Then there’s a cyber-attack and everything on the site has to be rebuilt, from the ground up. I’m feeling like I’m Lucy Ricardo on the chocolate factory line, trying desperately to keep up with all the little candies on a fast-moving conveyor belt. (I’m not sure I’ll even be able to get this post up today….Everything on this template is new and unfamiliar. Not to mention, the grandchild who slept over just awakened and said “Mammy, will you play with me?”)

I’m so thankful there was some help available and, although there are still a few kinks to work out, we do have a working website once more. We’re praying that it can bring Him glory for the foreseeable future. And if it could play even a small part in some soul’s eternal place at the throne, that would be more than we could ask or imagine. That’s the part of the site that will never crash. The bedrock of our purpose is unchanging!

For now, let’s have a little fun with the annual holiday contest. Many of you are working right now in month three of our current Digging Deep Bible study, “The Hand of God.” (You can learn more about that here: ) For this year’s Christmas contest, let’s design any holiday item using a hand. Think an ornament, with your child’s handprint. Think a reindeer on a Christmas tea towel, using little handprints. Think a Christmas card that incorporates thumbprints that make a holiday design. Think a poem about the hand we’re studying or even about the hands of your grandmother. Think a holiday photo of old and faithful hands. Think a song you compose that includes the hand theme. Think a quilted potholder using a fabric print that’s on theme. Just think. and send a photo, document or video of your contest submission to byhcontest@gmail.com by December 10th. three winners will receive any $50.00 worth of merchandise from The Colley House shipped to your door in time for Christmas giving. (The bonus is that you can also gift the item you make!)

Now I’m going to go to this amazing WordPress conglomerate and see if I can even figure out how to roll with this. Happy November!