We are weeks past Christmas, but it has only been a few days since I packed up the tree ornaments and took the evergreen…
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Would you believe this is the first morning in almost three weeks I have had to be at home, in the quiet, to gather…
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I’m always a little sad every time I take Christmas down. The season seems to go so quickly; I never get enough of it. And yet, at the same time, something in me is anxious and ready to escape. Something of newness and order, a hunger that’s rather desperate for change and resolutions. A desire for increased margins of time and new, white space.
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We are 17 days into Advent. 17 days of thinking on and waiting for . . . the Christ child.
We readied His manger…
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Our extended MLK weekend is over, and I am sitting in the silence, gazing at our Christmas tree. It is still drinking water. Still…
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Clearly, these guys have no Christmas errands to run. No reindeer games to join.
Maybe they’re just resting up for the big night?
Boy was I…
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Our family is so excited to join the #LightTheWorld campaign again this year, a movement initiated by the LDS Church. It is a perfect…
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All journeys have secret destinations
of which the traveler is unaware.
– Martin Buber, German philosopher, 1878-1965
One year ago, early November,… -
At 7:45 we blinked awake. Surprised the house was still quiet. Then we heard a door knob tentatively turn and little feet shuffle into…
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Looking for a Christmas read that will make your soul feel merry and bright?
Let me introduce you to Candy Canes and Christmastime. Compiled by the lovely…