Yesterday, I tried to write a post about Epiphany. I spent a couple of hours on it. It was boring, preachy, and full of errors. I couldn't seem to find the words for what I wanted to say. The post was supposed to end up in the cyber-incinerator. Instead it ended up in...
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Epiphany
Last Thursday, January 6 was the Feast of the Epiphany. It is the day the church celebrates the arrival of the three wise men with their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh at the manger. Epiphany means "manifestation" or "shining forth." What led the kings or...
Cindy’s Advent Calendar
My friend Cindy gave me permission to doodle many years ago. Without her encouragement, I never would have had the nerve to draw. Cindy and I enjoy making Advent calendars. Here is the first two weeks of hers this year. To see Cindy's entire calendar, go to her...
Advent Calendar 2010
Here is my final Advent calendar for 2010. Drawing each day (well, most days) helped me to focus on the season. It gave me a disciplined way to pray for people and with words associated with Advent. Now we are on the Day 2 of Christmas. Maybe I should draw a Twelve...
Merry Christmas
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 (KJV) A Merry and Blessed Christmas to You!
Zechariah Advent
Today is the last day of my Zechariah Advent. When the angel of the Lord announces Elizabeth's pregnancy to Zechariah, old Zechariah questions the ludicrous possibility. His disbelief earns him nine months of muteness (Luke 1:11-22). My voice, unlike Zechariah's, did...
Advent Calendar 2010
This year's Advent calendar is a combination of a stained glass window and a Jesse Tree. The Jesse Tree is a way to track the lineage of Jesus through the story of God in the Hebrew Scriptures. Isaiah 11:1 (NIV) says, "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;...
Waiting and Listening
Waiting and listening sound like noble and holy practices for Advent. But I've done more waiting and listening this Advent than I care to. Our first Sunday in Michigan, I went to our new church and sang with gusto. Two days later, I went to an evening worship service,...
Holiday Blues
A friend of mine sent me an email the other day with the cryptic subject line: Oxymoronic Invitation. "Come hear Holiday Blues at Neil's (a local restaurant/bar that hosts twice-a-month jam sessions for Memphis blues musicians)." But her double entendre about the...
Advent 2010
Today is the first Sunday in Advent, the four weeks preceding Christmas. Tradition marks this day as the beginning of a new liturgical year in the Church. During Advent Christians prepare, pray, and wait for the coming of the Savior on Christmas. Christians, in...