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 …
Advent
Merry Christmas, Dear Readers
It seems very fitting that Christmas Eve should be on a Sunday, when we gather for worship, wherever that is. A morning to set our hearts right in a posture of worship and thankfulness is a good way to ease into the gift giving and receiving …
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 …
God With Us, Always
I realize it’s still a few days before Halloween, but unless you’ve been under a rock (or in North Dakota somewhere) you know the Christmas parade has started in stores all across the land. (My apologies to anyone in either of the Dakotas). Yes, …