I am by no means alone in my pastoral ministry – I enjoy the benefit of a Director […]
Christmas
Look closely at your famous Renaissance paintings of the nativity, and you will likely find destruction around the […]
Mountains of colored paper, wrinkled and ripped, pushed behind the aging tree. Yesterday’s sparkling lights now highlight the […]
You are standing in line waiting to checkout, your shopping cart is full of various things, toys, chocolate, […]
Every year, just as the seasons change and the weather falls into predictable patterns, we encounter a rhythm that is attached to our celebration of Christmas. There is a predictability to Christmas that can bring both comfort and frustration. The comfort is rooted in something we know and expect. We already know that we like it. We know the familiar patterns of the events, and so we welcome it. However, the frustration comes when we long for something more, something that steps beyond the normal pattern of things. What if the usual way of observing this season leaves us longing for more? What if the predictability of Christmas traditions has left us disconnected from the real reason for the season?
There is so much to do. The woman spends her day like most other days, running errands and […]
Every year around Christmas we are privileged to hear the predictable lectures by our History Channel PhD. candidate […]
“And he.. he himself! The Grinch carved the roast beast!” These last few days before Christmas, the stress […]
The room was that bland shade of off-white. Sterile, except for the mobile hanging from the ceiling that […]
Life has a way of taking apart all the pieces of your enchanted world and refusing to put […]