Making Room
I imagine your mother and your grandmother would have loved being the host for the last night of LasPosadas… That she would have opened up…
Christmas
maternal longing…
I cannot escape pregnancy these days. As blogger Traci Bianchi reminds us: The Christmas story is dripping with estrogen. And not only that… but the…
Why we are singing Christmas carols this Advent…
There have been a number of interesting conversations going on around how we keep Advent and Christmas. Taylor Burton-Edwards has suggested that what we actually…
Epiphany through the eyes of a servant girl
I have come here today to tell you a story. It’s a story that you think you know… but you don’t. You have only caught…
The valley of the shadow of death…
Holy God, You sure do have a sense of humor. The week that was supposed to be quiet so that I could procrastinate and finish…
Quiet Christmas Morning
This has been a really difficult Advent and Christmas season for me. It is the time of light and hope and joy and peace, but…
Payne Family Christmas
I don’t normally watch “the House of Payne.” It isn’t something that crosses my radar and when I see it in the guide, I never…
calls for justice in the midst of advent joy
This coming Sunday we will light the third candle on the Advent wreath – the candle for JOY. We hear in the midst of this…