Tag: joy
-
The Thing About Lament
If anything, this week, and the start of an new year, should call us to to our knees in prayer.
-
The Babe, the Son of Mary
Christmas is coming soon as night falls on the fourth Sunday of Advent. The anticipation has felt a little more near this year with a snow fall and a cold snap that has kept the snow and ice from melting. When I look out the window and see my landscape bathed in white, I feel…
-
Joy of Every Longing Heart
A deep blanket of fog lay thick all morning Saturday. The afternoon sun burned it off, with the December day becoming mild and bright. Morning fog lays low,Lifts, allowing sunshine onStreams of liquid light Despite the beautiful weather, my weekend was battered with burdens. The sunshine could not keep me afloat. Nor a brisk hike.…
-
A Sunset I’ll Never Forget
He can turn a gray, bland night of clouds into a glorious blaze of colorful creation.
-
Sights and Sounds of Summer
It’s been a very different summer. And yet, in so many ways, it’s still the same. The sights and sounds of summer have made their seasonal appearance, a comforting reminder of the persistence of life. The rumble of thunder from a summer storm. The waves of cicadas buzzing each morning and evening. This weekend, on…
-
Morning Glory
I knew it had been a long time since I did an updated blog post, but almost a year!?!?! Where does the time go? Life was so slow and wonderful when I was a child…there is still much wonderful-ness to my life but…there are also children being murdered with chemical weapons in Syria, Christians in the Coptic…
