Places I see a story unfold that is worth sharing.
“The Advent Miracle—was that this unknowable, un-nameable, utterly holy Lord chose out of his own free will and out of love to become known: to bear a name and meet us where we are.” Malcolm Guite, Waiting on the Word, pg. 71 We are nearing the end of our Advent journey. If you have been meditating over the words of Advent with me this season, I hope that God has been meeting you in very…
Seasons reflect God’s ever so gentle hand nudging us toward himself so that we may live in the fullness of who he’s created us to be, even in seasons of quiet, fallow and rest.
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Who we see ourselves to be, and how we view our purpose as Christians makes a difference in how we will respond to the needs of our world. We can not sit back and wait for Jesus to return, he’s already given us the task of reconciling what is broken to himself in order to make it right on earth. We do have hope, there is a way to do something and see change.
Two days till Christmas. I hear murmurings that this season of Advent leading up to Christmas just doesn’t feel as jolly or within the norm of holiday tidings of the past. I’ve pondered over why that might be because if I am honest, I am a bit in a lull of “getting into the spirit of Christmas” this season as well. Some have said that due to such a late Thanksgiving the plunge into preparing…
I’ve never spent much time considering walls, fences, barriers of any sort. To be quite honest, unless you are in the business of fence building or ranching I don’t know who does? Most of us would say we rarely take notice of a fence or wall in our daily lives. So why bother writing about them? This summer our family wandered over to South Africa to visit friends and former China teammates–a long-awaited reunion. As…
