It’s Christmas Eve!!!!!! And I am excited and nervous and excited and praying that I have everything planned and all the i’s dotted for the two worship services tonight. I guess we’ll find out when the get here! I would appreciate prayers for safe travel tonight too – we are heading to my inlaws for…
Lectionary Leanings – Celebrate!
December 28Isaiah 61:10-62:3, Psalm 148, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 2:22-40 While the Advent journey takes us through an emotional rollercoaster of joy, fear, humility, and anticipation, there is no other emotion to guide the days after Christmas than pure celebration. Each of the readings for this Sunday call us to take a deep breath of relief,…
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Let it Be with Me…
This is our fourth week of waiting for that coming of Christ – and we are so close we can almost taste it! We are ready for the heavenly choirs of angels mingling with the smelly shepherds in the field, for the time when wise men led by celestial signs witness the fragility of an…
healthy bodies and christmas candy
I walked out of church this morning (very briskly, I might add, since it was -1 degrees Farenheit!) with my arms loaded with four gift bags full of christmas goodies. Cookies, chocolate covered pretzels, peppermints, etc, etc, etc. Thank you so much to all of the wonderful church members that have blessed Brandon and I…
Friday Five
I’ve been a HUGE slacker and haven’t played with the RevGals for like a month or so. Here’s this week’s Friday Five – and feel free to play along in the comments if you want! The Nativity shown here is the Willow Creek one that I got last Christmas from my mom and dad =)…
one year ago…
one year ago today, brandon and I arrived at our new (and extremely empty) house in Iowa and slept on an air mattress in our new bedroom. It is so hard to believe that an entire year has passed since that night. In one year, we have grown closer to some friends that we love…
Lectionary Leanings – Let It Be With Me
Here is the fourth installment of my article for the Circuit Rider online: December 21II Sam. 7:1-11, 16, Luke 1:47-55 or Ps. 89:1-4, 19-26 , Romans 16:25-27, Luke 1:26-38 We read the beautiful telling of the annunciation in Luke’s gospel and imagine Mary as a mature, wise young woman, full of the grace of God…