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Spring is in the air. Well, it may not quite be in the air just yet here in Asheville, but the temperatures are trending upward, and in a few weeks, our area will be transformed. 

Color will spread from the ridges to the valleys as trees and flowers blossom and grow. As we trade the cold and snow for warmth and sunshine, spring is one of the best times of the year in western North Carolina.   

One of the reasons people are moving to the Asheville area is the weather. Our elevation is high enough to give us a break from the heat and humidity during the summer. Spring and fall provide months of comfortable temperatures and beautiful colors. Many families enjoy that we have at least the chance of seeing snow most winters. 

However, after the holidays, the charm of the chill in the air fades. Our area has an average of seventy-two nights that dip below freezing. Winter weather can threaten through March and even into April some years, especially in the higher elevation parts of Buncombe, Madison, and Haywood counties.

The mid-winter blues can be challenging for children and families in our area. In this article, we want to help you beat them. 

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Students at Emmanuel Lutheran are busy as bees preparing for an upcoming visual arts and music show. Every student at the school will have a couple pieces on display.

Their art teacher, Tammy Reilly, says the students have been learning about all different styles of art. "I like they show different ways of art like impressionism and cubism and stuff like that," said Viktoria, who likes art.

For this week’s blog, we thought we would do something a little bit different and discuss the somewhat more abstract topic of what it means to have a Christian worldview.[1] It might be a little longer than our normal articles, but we feel like it's incredibly relevant to modern Christians growing up in a very non-Christian context.