When is the holy night?
At this time of year, I am looking for many things … free time, peace, relaxation, togetherness as a family, and a holy night experience. This holy night experience is one which the Christmas Carol...
View ArticleA Gift for the King
I remember a Christmas ‘pageant’ where I did a ‘recitation’ when I was still a preschooler. It was at the church of my grandmother, and it was she who taught the poem to me. I remember how very many...
View ArticleWhen Christmas doesn’t feel like Christmas
This Christmas season, writing this blog has been more challenging. So, I have (mostly) re-posted my cheerier Christmas words from years past. I didn’t want to put a damper on the season of hope, joy,...
View ArticleOur Weary World Rejoices
We have shopped, and decorated, and baked, and travelled, and wrapped, and dreamed, and planned, and partied, and ordered, and sung, and … it is here … it is the night of our dear Saviour’s birth. As...
View ArticleThe Good Shepherd
As I looked across the table, last Friday, at the birthday boy, I realized that this was a different Christmas indeed. With hubby on a medical leave, there was a palatable absence of something …...
View ArticleThe Gift of Tears
As I was joining the pieces of the Christmas tree together, the skin on my littlest finger got squeezed between the two metal pieces. In an instant both blood and tears were falling. A tissue took care...
View ArticleDo our Part … Give our Heart
Walking through the door of the sanctuary we were greeted warmly by people who know us, and I realized in my heart what I had known weeks before, when we decided that this would be our church … we were...
View ArticleWhy Mary?
The various characters of the Christmas story each play a vital and intentional role. Herod is the insecure leader, willing to do anything to hold his throne. The shepherds are the unwitting observers...
View ArticleThe Mother of Jesus
The waiting of advent is akin to the waiting of an expectant mom. Then the time of waiting culminates in the birth of the Christ child. I remember being pregnant at Christmas a couple of times. The...
View ArticleThe Two Faces of Christmas
When I was growing up (back in the stone ages), there were two main faces of Christmas; the Christ child and Santa Claus. Although I grew up with both faces, both individuals as part of this season, I...
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