Living the Season Well
The 12 Days of Christmas Begins on Christmas Day {surprise!}
Christmas is a season, not just one day As much as I love the Muppets singing with John Denver in this scratchy YouTube video*, lately when I hear The 12 Days of Christmas I'm reminded the song isn't about the season of Christmas at all but actually …
My Top 3–For Gifting, Reading & Writing
The Christmas season is here with its siren song of "Buy, Buy, Buy!" and its message that maybe if we purchased one more shiny thing it would fill us up with the happiness and joy we seek. We were made to be givers, not receivers, and I don't know …
3 Reasons I Won’t be Taking Photos of our Feast
I'd like to blame my friend Michelle for that. Actually, we're co-conspirators. Last year I wrote a book for myself and other #cluelessEvangelicals about the liturgies of the church year, weaving them into current Christmas practices, to offer …
3 Ways to Avoid Crashing This Christmas
If Starbuck's has their pumpkin spice lattes on the menu, Christmas can't be too far around the corner, right? Witness this stack of boxes stashed out of the way at my local Sbux store. (The blurred print on the label says, "Open after November …
3 Ways to Wonder This Season
I see you there, strolling (sprinting?) through the grocery aisle at Safeway and Trader Joe's, eyeing the floral extravaganza with pumpkins and gourds of every shape and size. Who knew God could make squash in so many colors?! Fall is here and the …
Christmas: Mystery, Miracle or Magic?
“Did not a great grey servant Of all my sires and me, Build this pavilion of the pines, And herd the fowls and fill the vines, And labour and pass and leave no signs Save mercy and mystery?” -G.K. …
Living the Season Well Goes Viral {sorta}
Dear friends, I have been so grateful for the response to my book Living the Season Well-Reclaiming Christmas.** It's a little bit amazing to me and exciting as well. All the readers that are finding the message about slowing down and simplifying …
