I wrote this a little while ago, but ended up with a few extra moments this morning to post it. A year ago I refused to watch the Hunger Games or read them because I didn’t want to read about kids running around killing each other, nor did I feel the need for another depiction … Continue reading
on things past, saying farewell, and looking forward
I have not blogged often enough. Forgive me. written on 26 May 2013 Saying goodbye – to people and seasons – has never come easy, never treated my heart well. Kacy graduated today. As I sat through the ceremony, I admired the students, clapped for those receiving honors, sat, stood, and laughed at the appropriate … Continue reading
on inviting God to shape my anticipation
Yesterday I realized that life is routine. And I like routine–safe, familiar…boring. Currently my routine looks basically the same every week and on Mon, Tues, Wed. the same every day. But routine is bearable, usually even enjoyable. I’m not looking forward to anything. There’s usually some event that I plan and anticipate, then that event … Continue reading
Confessing
I confess that regardless of how thoroughly Christian it is, I am not skilled at confessing. Saying “I’m wrong” is distasteful and unpleasant. “I repent” is a difficult claim to live up to because it requires both humility and transformation. Yet, I’m entering into this season of lent. Primarily lent is about confessing, coming before … Continue reading
Of course he came.
There are 8 days until Christmas and this morning children woke up terrified to go to school. It’s funny how tragedies happen every day, but shake us as a nation when their scale is increased and their target innocent. Jesus has come and is reigning! Mothers in Newtown are weeping over Christmas gifts hidden in … Continue reading
Genealogies: Abraham
Abraham is the first man Matthew lists in Jesus’ genealogy. That Jesus is Abraham’s descendant adds weight to Matthew’s claim that Jesus is Messiah (Christ,v.1). Abraham is where the promise began, though it is even foreshadowed in Genesis 3:15 when God promises to put enmity between the offspring of the snake and the … Continue reading
Genealogies Pt. 1
Genealogy: Noun. “Boring” part of many books of the Old Testament which people typically skip over. Also, for some reason, appears in the gospel according to Matthew. The book of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac Isaac the father of Jacob … Continue reading
Advent: Waiting & Anticipation
Advent is a time of building anticipation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Families, churches, and individuals build this anticipation with endless variety, but it is the point – eager expectation for the arrival of Messiah. And Jesus has come. What we practice now at Advent is an entering-into the anticipation of Jews who were … Continue reading
Advent: Day “6”: John Lewis Christmas Advertisement Pt. 1
Why is it that watching a little boy run past his gifts to bring a present to his parents on Christmas morning tugs at our hearts? Humans resonate with the kindness depicted in this self-deprecating act of love. We tear up. We say, “that’s so sweet!” Jesus, in his birth and in his death, points … Continue reading
Gentle Beauty
3 December 2012: Advent day 2 Your voice wasn’t in a bush burning No, your voice wasn’t in a rushing wind It was still. It was small. It was hidden. Oh, you came like a winter snow–quiet, soft, and slow. Winter Snow, Audrey Assad God is gentle and beautiful. These are not terms we normally … Continue reading
all of life matters 