He is the Gift
I posted something else here an hour or so ago…but just saw this video which I think it much more important for this time of year. So I’m postponing that…
“the weary world rejoices”
This week as my heart started racing in anticipation of Christmas coming up so quickly, my brother reminded me of some words in the Christmas carol, “Oh Holy Night.” (Oh…
the Christ child
I love beautiful depictions of different interpretations of Christ’s birth. I love things that help me think about the details. They help be go beyond “a baby was born in…
December 2019 little things
Gotta eek this in before it morphs into MARCH. Time flies when you’re having fun. And also when you’re stressed out. Ha! Let’s go back to December for a minute…
Christmas (& Christmas Eve) 2019
It is overwhelming to be a mother at Christmas-time. So much to gather and prepare and so many thoughts to organize in my brain. Every year it makes me appreciate…
so many ways to reach Up
To me, there is so much beauty in religion: people striving to connect with God. I think it is interesting that once we find a religion that we cherish and…
Merry Christmas from our family to yours
We watched this together for Christmas Eve last night and I loved it even more the second time around. Maybe because of Lucy’s comments delving deeper: And I always love…
madonna & child, and a silent night
One of the things that rolls through my heart and mind at Christmas-time (when I stop long enough to let it), is from Luke 2:19 “But Mary kept all these…
seek ye first…and the Nativity
When we put away Thanksgiving and pulled out Christmas, I had Claire write my favorite Christmas saying on our little board: It’s from Matthew 6:33 where it says “But seek…