Standing on the edge of a snow-covered iron bridge, George Bailey wishes he had never been born and is ready to end his life in the icy waters below. He has no idea how truly blessed he is until he has an experience with the loveable apprentice angel, Clarence. Life stands still for George as he is taken on a journey of his … [Read more...]
God in the Dark
Yesterday was a bleak day. Overcast rain shadows closed the day early with darkness. Sheets of water poured down the windshield making it blacker than mid-afternoon as I drove to the hospital where my husband was admitted, heart failing. A hospital journey is always darker around this time of the year. As in December last … [Read more...]
Gift of the Magi Bread
I grew up believing Christmas was a time when strange and wonderful things happened. Wise and royal visitors came riding in the lunar light of a special star when God came to earth as the Messiah Child to live among us. Immanuel, God with us . . . and within us. There has been a robbery. Stealing away the Christmas of old, … [Read more...]
Gift of Wonder
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, the grateful reminder that God gave His divine best to all humanity once upon a midnight clear. There was no room at the inn for the holiness that came down on the first Christmas, and during the commercial rush that consumes our October through December, there still isn’t. Watching the … [Read more...]
The Thanksgiving Chair
“Over the meadow and through the woods”. . . the words of an old song depict a Rockwell-esque setting held only in our imagination. Thanksgiving is a time when we take mental inventory of our many blessings. A family tradition is to go around the table and share our thanks or put a written slip into a basket and guess which … [Read more...]