Today I’m sitting with one Bible translation opened to the Old Testament, another translation opened to the New Testament and my computer screen filled with words from the Gospels of the Christmas story (New Testament, of course, too). If I say it once, I will say it so many many times again, my Awe and Wonder today is just simply (yet not so simply) reveling in the continuity of God’s Word through every single page of the Bible. When God says He will do something, He surly does it! When prophets of old in ancient days heard … Continue Reading »»
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As much as I envisioned this series to be a perfect Advent experience, well…I dropped the ball. I’ve been sick in the bed with a stomach bug and barely and active brain cells to do much of anything. For me along this journey of Advent: Awe and Wonder, I’m learning to cut myself some slack and not beat myself up when I don’t meet my own high expectations. I wonder if you might do the same for yourself…especially this Christmas. Thank you for being patient with me. I wrote a post for Friday which never published like I intended. Whoops. … Continue Reading »»
I am a news junkie. I love watching the news and keeping up with politics. Fox News is the first channel I click to when turning on the television. But lately, I’ve intentionally put my head in the sand and shut out the news just to quiet my mind for a season. Please here me say, we should and need to be aware of the happenings of the world around us. But, just for a little while I needed to close out all of the information headed toward my brain that comes with staying up on the latest headlines. Often … Continue Reading »»