{ 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
Week With Walter: Russ Graeff 29 Apr, 2013 Russ and I met in college – in Freshmen Composition, to be exact. Smart, witty, kind – he stood out in a quiet way that I admired.… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: a new world for christmas } 24 Dec, 2012 As a little girl I understood Christmas connected to a certain salvation story. Jesus came into the world to die on the cross and rise to save… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
christmas in burundi 13 Dec, 2012 Christmas in Burundi is much different than Christmas celebrated in the United States. Trees remain firmly planted in the African soil, not cut and carried into homes… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Jesus is the reason for the season (exactly how?) 12 Dec, 2012 ‘Jesus is the reason for the season.’ Growing up in the church and a series of other concentric Christian circles over the years, this is an… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ ShePonders: Emmanuel } 06 Dec, 2012 When you attend the local Christmas pageant this year, I doubt King Ahaz will make the cast of familiar characters. But for today we will begin our… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
