"But the present world is also designed for something which has not yet happened. It is like a violin waiting to be played: beautiful to look at, graceful to hold - and yet if you'd never heard one in the hands of a musician, you wouldn't believe the new dimensions of beauty yet to be […]

To say this is a fast-paced time of year is an understatement, right? Concerts, parties, decorations to be strung, stockings to be hung, people to feed, gifts to buy and wrap and give … and sometimes return. It is too easy to lose oneself in the hustle and bustle. Too easy to think the hustle […]

We have a great version of Handel's Messiah we love to listen to during the Advent and Christmas season. The louder, the better, to be honest. The very first words sung are these: “Comfort ye… comfort ye, my people …” These haunting words are from the prophet Isaiah, chapter 40, where the great prophet writes: […]

And so we begin the march toward the shortest day of the year; the darkness descends. Let it come this year; don't fight it. Instead, light the candles early and often. Find a way to create a warm glow in your home, no matter how humble. And let the dark outside remind you that the […]

Our kids can teach us so much if we let them. The key part of that sentence is "if we let them." Years ago, I decided to pull out our homemade Advent wreath and engage the sacred practice of lighting advent candles and saying the specific words assigned for each week along with the corresponding […]

I have moved on to Krista Tippett's second "Foundations" podcast episode, which is a mere 8 minutes long this time. These four short podcasts are Tippett's re-launching of her On Being podcast and they are stunningly rich and beautifully simple. Each one leaves me with more to think about than my aging brain can take […]