Category: Advent
Posted on December 21, 2022
Still Chasing the Joy?
The joy candle broke a few years back. You can see it up there in the picture. And I keep forgetting to buy a new one. As if a trip to the store could simply replace the broken joy. …
Updated on December 21, 2021
Light in the Darkness
They say that the silence of God lasted 400 years; that the prophet Malachi ended the prophetic period where God’s voice was alive and active with his final words and then the darkness and the silence set in. …
Updated on December 4, 2020
Unprecedented Advent
Advent 2020 began last Sunday. And because it is 2020, I should not be shocked that it began in a bit of an unprecedented way for me. Isn’t that the word of the year? As this season of …
Updated on December 13, 2019
A Word of Peace
We lit the second candle on the Advent wreath, the one that stands for peace, this past Sunday. And my little guy leaned over and whispered the same question he asks every year during Advent. “Hey, Mom?” he …
Posted on December 6, 2019
The Music of Hope
This first week of Advent has blown through in a bit of a blur; the calendar pushing and pulling in all directions and filling the week of hope with distraction I keep trying to see through. But, last …
Updated on December 20, 2018
The thing about Joy
Dear all of you “Christmas joy makers”, these words are for you and for me. I know you’re out there. You probably don’t even think you have time to read this little post. You have Christmas joy to …
Updated on December 13, 2018
Are you missing a peace?
“Peace on the earth, goodwill to men. From heaven’s all gracious king! The world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing” (Sears). Solemn stillness. What would that be like? I wonder as that Christmas carol plays …
Updated on December 6, 2018
Letting hope slow you down
My kids are hoping that it is going to snow; the type of Southern snow that shuts down the whole city — especially the schools. I am half listening to their predictions as I race around the house …
Posted on November 29, 2018
What happens when you move too fast?
We have this calendar app that we use as a family. And I am seriously grateful for it. With three boys and lots of activities, we move fast. Keeping up with life would be impossible without a structure …
Updated on December 20, 2017
A letter to all of us about Joy– the kind we can’t find at the mall
Dear all of you “Christmas joy makers”, this letter is for you and for me. I know you’re out there. You probably don’t even think you have time to read this little letter. You have Christmas joy to …
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