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December 2016

December 14, 2016

To My Dearest Peace…

Peace, Dearest, I searched for you today. I was in Aleppo, and I held a...

December 28, 2015

Advent, Day 30: Advent isn’t done with you yet

If I can say one thing about this Advent season, it's that I've certainly not...

December 27, 2015

Day 29 of Advent: yet hope for us

Jesus, I go from one extreme to the other; I think that we're the scum of...

December 26, 2015

Advent, Day 28: The Day After

Today is the day after. Some people may not have celebrated Christmas with their families...

December 24, 2015

Day 26 of Advent: the Christmas Eve weight

"And every Christmas I go back to the scene where it all started and ask...

December 23, 2015

Advent, Day 25: the gathering

We arrived at my in-laws' house the other day. Christmas decorations were making their way...

December 22, 2015

Day 24 of Advent: when community keeps Christmas

Last Wednesday was a hard day. Both boys decided to skip their naps, Travis was...

December 21, 2015

Advent, Day 23: a Christmas Marriage Letter

Travis, Have I told you lately that you're one of the hardest people to...

December 20, 2015

Advent, Day 22: the actual miracle

"Mommy, there's something called a miracle. It's something really beautiful in the whole world. Like...

December 19, 2015

Day 21 of Advent: a prayer for learning

Jesus, We've been trying to learn one thing or another all these years, trying to...

December 18, 2015

Advent, Day 20: you can always start over

It's the holidays, and with the New Year around the corner, I bet more than...

December 17, 2015

Day 19 of Advent: Frodo’s Home

One of the books I'm reading this holiday season is JRR Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring....

December 16, 2015

Advent, Day 18: our holiday coming and going

Jesus, I sit in this bustling coffee shop and watch holiday people come in...

December 15, 2015

Advent, Day 17: a present a day

Travis and I met in the fall, and we could have gotten married that December if...

December 14, 2015

Day 16 of Advent: Christmas for children

"...The child doesn't have to struggle to get himself in a good position for having...

December 13, 2015

Advent, Day 15: the end of all fear

If you've got snowy air where you are, you might notice the world atmosphere mixing...

December 12, 2015

Advent, Day 14: a prayer against time

Emmanuel, The longer I live, the further my heart gravitates from the bounds of time...

December 09, 2015

Day 11 of Advent: the emotional Savior

Thank God that You, Jesus, were born into humanity, with the full spectrum of our...

December 07, 2015

Day 9 of Advent: He remembers us

While Advent is about the way we remember who Jesus is, it's also about...

December 06, 2015

Advent, Day 8: Saint Nicholas Day

1 John 4: 11-12 My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we...

December 04, 2015

Day 6, Advent: the ornament memory

A little while after we were married and Christmas time had come, I dragged Travis...

December 03, 2015

Advent, Day 5: The Refugee Reversed

(refugee: a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war,...

December 02, 2015

Advent, Day 4: the story-teller

Remember how Jesus was a story-teller? How he answered questions with characters and dialogue...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Advent, Day 2: burning embers

We burned an early fire at our little hearth this year. The temperatures dropped a...

November 29, 2015

30 Days of Advent: Reflections and Prayers for the Christmas Season

A lot of people I know take a little break from social media when December...

December 2014

December 27, 2014

A Lesson On Advent & The New Year: Into Being

At the beginning of December, I wrapped Advent gifts for my sons—books and a...

December 20, 2014

The Advent Failure

The wicks of our Advent candles have barely burned as they should, so they are...

December 08, 2014

A Lesson in Christmastime Consumerism: The Re-gift of Ourselves

End the Regift Cycle. Give Them What They Really Want. On the Arvest Bank homepage,...

December 03, 2014

The Problem with Bystanding

I found it hard to breathe today. Maybe there was something in the air all...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

A Prayer of Advent

When You were born, Your blood covered us, the huge masses of tiny people. ...

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