The Beginning

I hear the music, the familiar carols and melodies. And we sing it again, I sing it – “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.” When will he come? When will he come to this world that is continuously full of the grievous and the painful? I watch the battery drain...

Unwrapped

At the cusp of an awaited day, during this season of Advent, we await the coming one. And maybe you are waiting, too, on something — perhaps some news, or something to happen. I am waiting, too. As much as I would like to know the future and God’s plans for so...

Tangled Mess of Lights

I mess up again. And again. (Source: Microsoft Office image) Each year the story of opening up the box of Christmas lights is a different one. This year, upon opening the box of Christmas lights, I find a random mix of mis-matched strands of lights with only half of...

Removing the Grit

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” ~Michelangelo   He comes in with tools of various kinds. The tools don’t look like the usual types, but they do a similar sort of work as a carpenter or sculptor. Work begins on...

The Most Wonderful…..

Tis the season… It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year…. It could also be… the most stressful the most lonely the most difficult financially the most busy the most tiring the most misguided…. Stores are decorated Homes are decorated...