Are you making a list, checking it twice? I’m not asking about the list of Christmas gift giving. Or whether you’re evaluating who is naughty or nice to receive a lump of coal or a gift. Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash I’m asking about the list of things you want to do differently in 2021. Dare
The word for 2020 turns out to be UNPRECEDENTED not VISION like I first thought. (2020 Vision—catchy right? Oh well) Photo by David Travis on Unsplash If you’re a word nerd like I am you probably have noticed the frequency of the use of the word unprecedented. The dictionary definition is “Never been done before.” Well, that’s not
We are living history in real time. The events that have transpired in the US in the midst of this global pandemic have been gut-wrenching, eye-opening and mind-blowing. I keep returning to these three statements: I am so sorry. I am listening. I am learning. I keep looking at the role model I have chosen
June 2013 was a milestone month in our family. Our youngest son graduated from high school, preparing to attend college across the country. The nest was emptying; a familiar milestone, and for many parents a painful awareness of change. In our family not only was the nest emptied, we moved it to a new city.
Merry Christmas! My hope and prayer for you and yours is that you practice presence with one another. Be with your people. Slow down and enjoy the gathering, the laughter, tears, noise, food, all of it. A little season’s greeting without an invitation to any action today except pay attention to your people. Photo
As this day, this Christmas Eve dawns, I pray you find yourself able to enjoy the gatherings, and anticipate the celebration of birth of Jesus with the wonder of a child, with the joy of the shepherds, and heart of a seeker like the wise men who traveled from their faraway lands to meet Jesus.
The fourth Sunday of this 2019 Advent season is here. We’ve journeyed through the week of Hope, of Faith and of Joy. Now we enter the final week of preparation for the celebration of Christ’s first coming and the readiness for His second coming. This week the theme is What represents peace to you? Absence
Sitting alone in my front garden, tears streaming, I spoke out a question from deep within, “Don’t you see how hard this is for me God? Don’t You care?” Photo by Ilkka Kärkkäinen on Unsplash This frustration, this anger I was expressing toward God would garner correction in many churches. I’ve heard those voices tell others “oh no,