Advent greetings to all of you! In the Christian Calendar, the season of Advent began this past Sunday (November 27) and it’s the four weeks leading up to Christmas. The season of Advent is all about waiting and preparing our hearts for Jesus’ arrival.
Read MoreRemember how I encouraged you all a few weeks ago to make it a gentle Christmas? To be okay with not decorating the tree or preparing thoughtful presents? Well, lucky for me, my in-laws had other ideas.
Read MoreOn June 6, 2021, my family and I went back to church for the first time since March 8, 2020. That made it almost exactly 15 months since I stepped foot inside of a church—65 Sundays that I occupied my time with something other than the thing I did each Sunday since I was born.
Read MoreWhat are the spiritual practices that nourish you and help you stay connected with God? There are so many that if you’re like me, you’ve probably practiced a variety of them over the years, with some of them waxing and waning.
Read MoreWhen I was younger, I wanted nothing more than to suffer. I wanted suffering like some people want money. I wanted to acquire it, have it come to me, create it, hoard it to excess.
Read MoreYears ago, I came across this sentence written by the Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi: “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
Read MoreThis past Thanksgiving, though different, was perfect. Because we weren’t able to invite friends or extended family, I assumed it would feel less special, less festive.
Read MoreI’m not doing well. I feel as if I’m walking through a very, very dark—pitch dark—valley. The pandemic was already enough to make me feel despair. But then, on top of that, California went through a series of heatwaves.
Read MoreMy brother was recently in the market for a new road bike and was disgruntled by the fact that many of them were out of stock both in stores and online. This pandemic has made people feeling overly confined and longing for the outdoors.
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