Jesus’ favorite Christmas gift
God gave His Son many gifts that first Christmas. There was brand new vernix-creased skin with tiny toenails and none-like-them fingerprints, baby limbs to stretch and carry him through his…
When advent feels empty
There’s a lot of waiting in the story. Zechariah waits nine months in silence for his son, that surprise gift at hope’s end after a married eternity of monthly disappointment.…
When you don’t feel ready
I sit at my desk wrapped in a deep red blanket with white fleece lining. We’ve been talking, these days, about putting off and putting on, about clothing ourselves with…