Christmas 2017

Christmas 2017

Advent morphs into Christmas. The #AdventWord calendar is now the swaddled babe. The Advent tree becomes a Christmas tree. Equipped with the skills of Advent we become Christmas people, followers of Jesus—laying the groundwork and working for the emerging kingdom of...
Third Week Advent 2017

Third Week Advent 2017

.Advent seems so short this year. This is the sixteenth day of Advent and already three Sundays of Advent are gone. Here are my two daily disciplines for this Advent: 1)  I have been reading Walter Brueggemann’s Celebrating Abundance: Devotions for Advent. The...
Zechariah Echo Pantomime

Zechariah Echo Pantomime

One of my favorite intergenerational Christian Formation tools is the echo pantomime. Echo pantomimes tell a story with words and movement. They are a playful, full-bodied way to learn a Bible story and to build community. Here’s how the form works: 1.Choose a...