I am writing this on a cold and still dark morning in Wisconsin. We have officially made it past the day of the year with the least sunlight, but it’s hard to tell on this morning. We have made it to Christmas again. Each year Christmas is a time that causes me to reflect, as… Continue reading Hope Wanted
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Waiting
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.” Isaiah 55:8 ESV During this church season of advent, we are told about this being a season of waiting. A time of anticipation, waiting for the arrival of God’s son. Waiting is something that we are all familiar with. … Continue reading Waiting
Waiting
I am amazing each year at how early the Christmas decorations find their ways into the stores, how early the Christmas toy commercials start, and how early the Black Friday sales start on Thanksgiving Thursday. But we are getting ready to give headlong into that season again this space that the church calls Advent. Advent… Continue reading Waiting
Check List
I am a list person. If I have a lot of things to do, or things to remember, I will make a list. For me there is something satisfying about checking a box, or crossing off a task on my list. It means you are one step closer, one less thing to do, one less… Continue reading Check List
Expectations
“If I accept you as you are, I make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe We are now in the church season of advent. Advent is a word that means coming or arrival; it’s… Continue reading Expectations
Prepare, prepare, prepare
You are startled awake by the sound of the doorbell. As you get your wits you ask yourself, why is the doorbell ringing, and then you realize it’s your worst nightmare. At the door are twenty of your family members arriving to celebrate the Holiday at your house. What’s bad is not your relatives, but… Continue reading Prepare, prepare, prepare
Last Minute Gift Ideas
On coming to the house, they (the magi) saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Matthew 2:11-12 It is a familiar story; these three wise guys arrive from somewhere far away and… Continue reading Last Minute Gift Ideas
Plan J
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel, God with Us. Isaiah 7:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. John 1:14 From early in Scripture there are calls for God to intervene in our broken world,… Continue reading Plan J
You’re invited!!!
When I was in second grade a friend of mine from school, Tommy, was having a birthday party, but I didn’t find that out till after it happened. I didn’t find out because I wasn’t invited. The fact that I can tell you about that event from so long ago tells you the effect it… Continue reading You’re invited!!!
Christmas Time is Here
If I have not told you before, I love the Christmas season. I love decorating my house with lights, putting up the Christmas tree, playing in the snow, seeing family and friends, and more. So on the day after Thanksgiving I officially loaded all 250+ Christmas songs I have onto my iPod, and flipped all… Continue reading Christmas Time is Here