The Best Gift Ever
So here we are, days away from celebrating THE special delivery. And we’ve been lighting a new wax taper every Sunday this month—the first representing HOPE—the second, PEACE—and the third, JOY. And this morning in church, the fourth candle which represents LOVE—was touched with flame by a boy dressed as a magi. We watched the wick […]
Holy Hope
Thanksgiving has passed and the pumpkins are shriveled, ready for the compost pile that will feed next year’s crop. We’re waiting for snow here. It’s December in Wisconsin and we love white blanketed farm fields and the still quiet that comes in winter. Yes, we’re waiting for stillness and quiet and white. The whole world’s […]
Advent Hope
I don’t have great pictures to tantalize today. I have words. Words with meaning so deep—so fished from the depths of my heart that I hope just one can visualize and absorb and praise our great God. This past Sunday was the first Sunday of Advent, the celebration of Hope. Don’t we all need hope? […]