Part of the deal with Advent is that we are commemorating what it felt like to wait for Messiah the first time and we are also living in the tension of waiting for His return. I don’t wait well. When I know something is coming up I have an odd mix of extreme hyper-organization and…
Good morning to you on a snow covered Monday! Yesterday Russ and I ran some errands in the late afternoon and I noticed that the stores are beginning to have that tired look, as do the shoppers we encountered. Christmas items are getting picked over and marked down. We ran into several friends and acquaintances…
It is the third Sunday of Advent. Church was a special service of Carols for Advent that incorporated the children and youth with choirs, musicians, a video production and dance. It was uplifting and sweet. We followed it up with a breakfast stop at one of our favorite places with friends and home to rest…