We did a tiny bit of last minute shopping today and the store we were in had that frenzied feeling ... It is very common this time in December. I know “that frenzied feeling” well … Several times it has taken me down. Tanked my Christmas spirit. Hijacked my joy. Chewed me up and spit […]
We have a great version of the entire Messiah we love to listen to during the Advent and Christmas season. In fact, we had to buy 2 CDs so both my husband and I could listen in our cars, lest an Advent fight erupt. The very first words sung are these: “Comfort … comfort ye, […]
Just this today ... a little gift from a brilliant writer ... Just as some of Jesus’ first-century followers could not credit the presence of the risen Christ, so our own blindness, habit, and fear form a kind of constant fog that keeps us from seeing, and thereby believing in, the forms that grace takes […]
What might Advent look like to the world if the church settled into a season of "expectant waiting" rather than a season of "frenzied running?"
The more I grow in my faith, the less I know for sure. I know that seems wrong; it seems like the more we grow, the more we should know. That could even be a Christian slogan! But I am finding the opposite to be true … it’s not that I doubt more. It’s […]
I am a terrible sick person. I rail against being sick. I hate it. I fight it. I try to doctor myself. I can’t rest well. I try to stay productive even though my head is pounding like a freight train. And this tells me something about myself: I have a hard time being human, […]
