advent four | kings & children 24 Dec, 2016 This Advent as I read through Isaiah I notice the children most of all. Isaiah 7 There is a child. It is the son of Isaiah and… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
advent three | a prisoner will lead us 17 Dec, 2016 I sat in the conference room at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. I came to learn about justice – knowing I’d need to confront injustice… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Green Hope | advent two 09 Dec, 2016 Isaiah 9 Isaiah watches as the world around him crumbles. “How long, O Lord?” he cries out. Until it all is laid waste, is the short answer.… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
insistant hope | advent one 28 Nov, 2016 Sometimes Advent comes like an invitation. This year Advent arrives as a discipline that must be obeyed. I strike the match and light the first candle. “Hope!”… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
A Widening Light… 04 Dec, 2015 A Widening Light: Poems of the Incarnation, edited by Luci Shaw, is one of my favorite collections of poetry, and the one I hold close during Advent.… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Advent (& Christmas) Reading 27 Nov, 2015 The shelves are heavy laden with volumes, large and small, on Christmas. There are a growing number on Advent, too. But each year I tend to return… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Advent 101 22 Nov, 2015 It was a Sunday afternoon and we were shopping for some sundries at a big box store. My son and I stood in line with our hummus,… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Holy Contrarian 17 Nov, 2015 I am a holy contrarian. I don’t deck the halls, play merry, shine bright or sparkle. I dim the lights and lean into the hush. It is… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ This Advent, We Mourn } 23 Dec, 2014 Our streets tremble these days. They quake with so much wrong and woe. How can we think of green garlands and twinkle lights, or send carolers out… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: none to comfort } 15 Dec, 2014 I used to anticipate Christmas. I anticipated The Birth, the joy and the peace. The weeks of waiting, called Advent, intensified the arrival of the baby. The… Share:FacebookTwitteremail