In preparation for Christmas, we’re in the middle of the now and the not yet - middle of Advent, the four-week season of remembering and celebrating the coming of Jesus to earth. In between the hope and peace and the joy and love ~ our Advent assurance. The month of December seems to come and go more quickly every year. So how … [Read more...]
Lost and Found Hope
At the beginning of each new year, hopes are high. It's the January mix of thinking we can do what we set out to do - it's tricky how a calendar page can be that powerful. But the real power is the hope we have with the beginning of a new day or in the darkest night because of the coming of Christ. True story. Christmas came … [Read more...]
Dwell in Hope
I have set the Lord always before me because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices, my flesh shall dwell in hope. ~ David. Yep, I’ve come to know that my heart can be glad when I don’t dwell in my head. Media pummels our peace with cringeworthy images and bad news --- … [Read more...]
Faith and Doubt
“I’m sorry, there’s nothing more we can do . . .” Wildly hopeless words that I’ve had to hear more than once. At least four times - when a husband and three sons nearly died. One who was in a coma, one in a near fatal car accident, another in kidney failure and yet another with cancer. And what do we do with those … [Read more...]
Even Now
In a strangely still community where only a few weeks ago we were going through the rush and the race of the everyday, suddenly we are forced to suspend our fast-paced-usual. And everything changes in our taken-for-granted life. Sorry to say that so often I’ve wished for the gift of a gutted calendar with less appointments, … [Read more...]
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