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COVID Christmas
Cancelling Christmas travel was an incredibly disappointing decision and I worried about how our kids would respond.
Book Review: Because New Classics Are Hard To Find
Andrew Peterson’s voice finished the last sentence of his audiobook “The Monster in the Hollows,” and I found myself sitting by the creek in silence. As the beautiful themes of love, betrayal, evil, and holy swirled together in the last…
Door #3
It’s like God turned into a tacky game show host, and with upbeat music playing in the background, declared “Naomi, you get to have what’s behind Door #1 and Door #2 - Door #3 is THE WORLD AND DAVID!”
Gratitude & Grace
Passing decades and the stressors of life are a mirror. They reveal who we really are. 2020 was such a challenging year, and probably felt like an entire decade for many of us! For me, it was a mirror year.…
Coffee, COVID, and Christmas
A banging noise woke me up at 4 AM and, after laying wide-awake in bed for 30 minutes, I decided to get up to make coffee. I turned on our electric kettle, Placed a cone filter in my plastic pour-over…
An Unusual Advent Meditation
“The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel…
Salaam
Once again, I am filled with so many thoughts and ideas that I want to put into words. Music often expresses these emotions and deep struggles so much better than words. In our efforts to plan for multilingual worship, Chris…
