First Week of Advent Don’t throw stones, share the rock Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. My house sits on a corner lot, facing a busy intersection. Years ago we… Read more »
December 7, 2017
Advent/Adviento: Thursday, Dec. 7/Jueves, 7 de dic.
First Week of Advent Don’t throw stones, share the rock Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. My house sits on a corner lot, facing a busy intersection. Years ago we… Read more »
Preparing the way A Revised Common Lectionary resource for December 10 by Magdalena I. García The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’ – Mark 1:3 Read the full lectionary passage here When we reject the distortion of God’s good news, and instead proclaim… 
Keeping Christmas When traditions have to change by Ken Rummer How will I keep Christmas this year, in retirement, in this new place? Now that Christmas is no longer part of my job, how will I mark the season? In my growing up years, we often attended Christmas vespers at the university. It was held… 
Drains, toilets, and the truth about Christmas How can we make Christmas good news to all people? by Joshua Bower I feel the presence of Jesus in a lot of different places: hiking in the woods, walking on the beach, singing “Silent Night” on Christmas Eve. But I never expected to meet Jesus under a… 
Stables, superheroes and stories Narrating life as it goes By Jennifer Frayer-Griggs My three year old sits in his carseat and incessantly talks all the way to preschool. Everyday. It makes me crazy. It’s too early for this, and he’s distracting me from the NPR newscast. But, he never relents. He’s gotten to the…