There are days when we can feel like our joy has been kicked right out from under us. It’s completely normal even for a person of strong faith to experience seasons when joy feels depleted and shallow. Absent, even. If we’re honest, finding and keeping joy today feels harder than ever. If joy depends on our circumstances, and … [Read more...]
The Middle of Advent
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...]
Christmas Magnified
What are you experiencing most during the Christmas season? Is it the hope-peace-joy-love in the advent of holy preparation, or the more to-dos adding to an already overwhelming list? So, what can we do to exchange the pace of the season with the peace of the season? Cluttered schedules may not be the only thing that steals … [Read more...]
Room for Joy
What fills your weeks before Christmas? Is there room for comfort and joy, or has chaos and stress cluttered up space? The world’s way to celebrate Christmas leaves no room for Jesus and the blessed silence and peace of the season. Consumers and commercialism have hijacked our holy day. I won't be robbed of Christmas past or … [Read more...]