Advent is “the arrival of a notable person, thing or event” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Preparing for the birth of Jesus, the MOST notable person ever to live on earth, is the purpose of the Advent season, one of my favorite seasons of the year. After Thanksgiving I…
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Christmas is upon us. The next 23 days will spin by in a flurry of activity and render us exhausted and 7 pounds heavier. What a bleak, dismal thought. Is that all there is to this holiday season? Yes, if that’s what we are out to celebrate. . . a…
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I was invited to a friend’s house awhile back. She was beaming from ear to ear as she took me inside; she designed and built it with her own hands. As I stooped to enter through the doorway, I had to put the pungent smell of smoke from a smoldering…
Read moreI didn’t grow up with many traditions. Certainly none based in the birth of Christ. But I loved the ones I shared with my mother. So when my daughters were born, and I’d found my way back to my faith, I started creating our own traditions with a little help…
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