Category: Advent
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› Read more: Timely Words as the Year Turns
Timely Words as the Year Turns
As we approach the New Year, we are getting all the emails seeking to neatly wrap up the year: Spotify…
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› Read more: The Scandal of the Particular: When Glory Became Granular
The Scandal of the Particular: When Glory Became Granular
It’s the day after Christmas. If you are like me, the gifts have been put away, the boxes folded into…
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› Read more: A Word to Weary Souls on Winter Solstice
A Word to Weary Souls on Winter Solstice
Today, December 21, is the Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. The darkness which has been building in…
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› Read more: On Auden & Advent
On Auden & Advent
As Advent is drawing to a close, I’ve found surprising fodder for the fires of worship in the poetry of…
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› Read more: Favor & Fear: An Advent Devotion
Favor & Fear: An Advent Devotion
“Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”Luke 1:28. A teenager engaged to be married to a carpenter had…
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› Read more: Beyond the Baby
Beyond the Baby
My husband and I have differing taste in movies. I like somber, based-on-true-stories movies, while G’Joe loves a good light-hearted,…
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› Read more: The Lion in the Hay
The Lion in the Hay
We spend four weeks preparing for the coming of the infant Jesus, as well we should. His coming changed everything…
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› Read more: What Mary Knew: Lessons in Mothering
What Mary Knew: Lessons in Mothering
If your family is anything like mine, Pentatonix has been crowding your home with the rhetorical question “Mary, did you…
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› Read more: Timely Words as the Year Turns
Timely Words as the Year Turns
As we approach the New Year, we are getting all the emails seeking to neatly wrap up the year: Spotify…
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› Read more: On Auden & Advent
On Auden & Advent
As Advent is drawing to a close, I’ve found surprising fodder for the fires of worship in the poetry of…