Advent's over and Christmas is in full swing and a thought has been niggling at the back of my brain for weeks. Years probably. Throughout this entire Advent season for sure. The tune Santa Clause is Coming to Town has been that ear worm driving the niggling. Why, oh why? Ear worms often make no sense … Continue reading niggling at the back of my head
Category: Journey
Christmas Traditions
The other day a friend asked what my sweetie and I are doing for Christmas, what are our traditions, how do we celebrate the birth of our Lord? For the first fifteen years of our marriage we were involved in Church ministry so the people we served were the priority. We spent Christmas Eve (always) and … Continue reading Christmas Traditions
One final 2014 Pondering moment
sometimes I sit in front of this computer and feel something of a fraud yearning to really trust in the grace and mercy of God and sometimes behaving as though I've got my sh*t together in a way that is not the kindest toward others or towards myself. I long to be just that kind … Continue reading One final 2014 Pondering moment
Giving thought to Emotions and Difficult Times
It's Advent. A time of waiting, quietude, expectancy. It's hard to walk quietly through Advent and not anticipate too much what comes next. Christmas is in our faces from late summer/early fall. "Christmas! Christmas! Time is here!" When I wrote Come to the Quiet, about grief it was just a few days shy of the … Continue reading Giving thought to Emotions and Difficult Times
Who Knows?
Gaudete! We all know the story of the Prodigal Son. The younger kid asks for his inheritance in advance. Goes off for however long to live it up, spending his money on all the wine, women & song he can with whatever he has. When it's all gone and his friends have then abandoned him, … Continue reading Who Knows?
A Quilter's Heart 