As one who is easily distracted by shiny things, this season is particularly challenging for me as I sort through traditions that are dear to the fabric of my upbringing, parenting and grand-parenting while balancing the lure of extreme commercialism and marketing strategies against the sacred longing to use the season of Advent to draw even nearer to…
I am writing this on Wednesday night, at the end of a very long day; in the middle of a very long week that is in the middle of the second to the last month of a very long year….so any grace you want to extend me after reading this would be much appreciated. One…
By the time you are reading this, I will be well into a marathon Wednesday…one of those where I go from one thing to the next for about 14 hours…. but I knew you may stop by; so I want to share something to encourage you. I am passing along a great sermon/teaching that I…