Dec 17, 2013 | Advent/Lent, Encouraging Words
I finished a handmade Christmas gift for a friend. So excited to have it completed, I held it up to admire, and the art was off center in the frame. Off center equals imperfection, and what I had thought was completed now required another attempt. The decorations on...
Mar 18, 2013 | Advent/Lent
I have a song stuck in my head. Actually, it’s a refrain from a song but it circles and circles through my brain. “I will arise and go to Jesus; he will embrace me with his arms.” After about a hundred revolutions, the refrain sparked an image. The recent conclave...
Dec 24, 2012 | Advent/Lent
Note: For the four weeks of Advent, this blog will highlight one scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary Year C for each week. A discipline for the week will be suggested. It is in intended the discipline will fit into your daily life and utilize resources you...
Dec 21, 2012 | Advent/Lent
ad·vent (ˈadˌvent) noun : the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. In Christian circles, we commonly use this noun to describe the four weeks leading up to Christmas, in which we “wait for the coming of Christ.” We wait for the Advent, the arrival of,...
Dec 19, 2012 | Advent/Lent
Note: For the four weeks of Advent, this blog will highlight one scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary Year C for each week. A discipline for the week will be suggested. It is in intended the discipline will fit into your daily life and utilize resources you...
Dec 17, 2012 | Advent/Lent
Peace. We desire peace among nations and ethnic groups, but we also seek other forms of peace—from conflict in our family, from disagreements over theology and worship, from the endless “to do” list, from the children bickering in the back seat, from the war within...
