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I want to take a moment to do something I don't do nearly enough . . . THANK YOU!!!! Sincerely. I look at the stats for this modest online blog, and the amount of you that actually read what I float into the inter webs is incredibly humbling. I am honored to have you engage … Continue reading An Honest Letter to You And Hope for the New Year
Jesus wasn't born on December 25th, yet we still celebrate Him. At some point in history, people intentionally marked a time on a calendar to commemorate the God child. Perhaps it was a conspiracy to silence Santa, or maybe it was something more. Maybe those folks of old knew something about life and faith. Perhaps … Continue reading Santa, Jesus, and Memory
Perhaps it is overstated to say there is a "magic" to December. Perhaps it is. Yet, we all feel something otherworldly in this season. It is as if the world contracts, bringing us together in a crash of energy and favor. The boundaries we build throughout a divided year suddenly dissolve for a moment of … Continue reading Sense of December
Advent should force us inward. In the rush of a material season, the call from elsewhere is unmistakable. It rings in our ears from eternity, asking us to stop and reflect on the more. During this season, I always carry different thoughts within me like close seasonal friends, hoping to find some style of experiential truth of … Continue reading The Ache of Advent
37 “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back … Continue reading Simple Words of Jesus
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