Christmas
Favorite toys, family memories, blessings remembered … what did you get for Christmas?
I loved Christmas as a kid. Like all kids I’d be up half the night, listening to the activity down in the living room where my dad would be putting together a bicycle or building some other contraption. He’d sometimes ring the jingle bells that hung on our front door because he knew my sister, […]
Solace in the rose-colored candle: a prayer for the 26 Innocents of Newtown, CT
Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! So says Saint Paul in the fourth chapter of Philippians. Each reading this third Sunday of Advent proclaimed joy: Shout for joy, daughter Zion! sing joyfully, Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, daughter Jerusalem! (Zephaniah 13:4) Shout with exultation, City of […]
When the Man Comes Around – guest post from The Holy Rover
What do St. John the Baptist, the season of Advent and Johnny Cash have in common? You’d be surprised! Lori Erickson, from her Holy Rover blog, draws the parallel in this fascinating post: For those of you out there who are churchy types, you know that we’re now in the season of Advent. While the […]
