The start of this particular new year comes loaded with more change for me. After slogging through a season of transition already, you would think I would have this "change" thing down by now, but every "new thing" is a beast all its own. I can always use helpful tools. God has a way of giving us ...
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There was no shortage of the Christmas spirit that day. In my red sweater and red car, I mentally reviewed my holidays shopping list and hummed carols with the radio. I entered the lot according to the directional arrows, delighted to see a slanted slot opening up in front of Hobby Lobby. As if my ...
Read More > about Trading Holidays Hostility for unChristmas Peace
I want to have a Christmas that is a success in God’s economy. So I take my wish list of “must have’s” and “do this every year’s” and I give them up to the Baby who gave Himself up to come down. Christmas in the eyes of our King is a season of worship. True worship leads away from our usual, ...
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This is a very noisy Christmas. Maybe it's because I have quiet in my life right now, or maybe it's because our world been confronted by a stream of tragedies in a short time. Christmas comes even when the world cries.
While we watch images of suffering and listen to the drone of rhetoric, our ...
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Sometimes giving thanks is like brushing our teeth. We've gone through the motions so many times we forget the reason for it. True gratitude comes when we encounter true pain. As much I want to experience the gift of being grateful, I'm not so keen on inviting the grief that paves the way. Honestly, ...
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