Before Christmas was, Christmas was going to be. The sacred earthiness of a heavenly happening took place through people on a midnight clear -- to the ordinary. The all too familiar story told through the ages can never be overtold, because somehow we miss most of it. When we step into the story for ourselves, a flannelgraph … [Read more...]
Remain
As the calendar rips through the holy season of Easter, I camp in the landscape of it all that’s told in the gospels. In the Bible. We see male followers who gather at the table for a Last Supper, get sleepy in a Garden, and female followers who gather at the foot of the cross – until the end. That’s where we see a mix of … [Read more...]
Pondering
But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. Luke 2:19 This verse fills me with deep adoration. It speaks to me. Considering the magnitude of what happened in the young life of Mary recorded in the gospel of Luke, she certainly had much to ponder. A visit from an archangel tells her she will become … [Read more...]